I’m leaning towards a lease option and looking for ideas on how to structure an offer.

There's quite a few small multifamily buildings in the area (2-4 family buildings), which is more what I'm leaning towards.

If that's at all possible in your case then I would definitely lean more towards buying an asset.

I know that these are basically retail deals, so it’s more of a question of which type of building mix would would you go to.My plan involves selling a few of my SFR and transitioning to small MF around Orlando or Jacksonville and I’m leaning towards one building type of places because I’m thinking one roof vs two or three may help for maintenance.

i have 100k saved up i dont want to work anymore because its trades and i cant do it with my body any longer. can someone please help me on how i can get freedom 

I think I agree with you, I'm leaning more toward the standard mortgage. 

I also will help my friends and family by re-embursing them with the mandatory 6% realtor fee's, which brings me to my next question; could I advertise myself as an agent with my slogan being " I will give you $500 cash if you let me help you" I don't see any agents that do that, and I wouldn't care giving others part of my commission, so they could get money and I could also get money but most importantly the experience.although sheet metal workers in my area make an average of $90k a year, it is just hard on the body/lots of hours and would love to try perusing real estate.

I am sure the text for what one can and cannot do from the IRS and any other governing bodies is long and difficult to totally understand and may be open to interpretation - I know many things with the IRS are.  

Hello Anthony,I am military as well phenomenal to see fellow service members leaning towards real estate.

I'm leaning towards hourly pay to work alongside me; that minimizes possible disagreement over what work was "completed."