I’m so excited and ready to get started in real estate and hope to begin once I’m back in the States.I’ve been working in media management for almost 10 years.

Manage their social media?

That's why they are so "successful" at doing these type of deals.The spreads are to thin in most hot markets to be able to double close MLS deals.

If they are spread out it's much harder.

Create a spread sheet that details out the work you expect to be done.

I'm not treating REI as a hobby or a side hustle this is now a full-time job moving forwards for me.If you were just starting like me, keeping my goals in mind, would you take the initial capital and use it as down payments spread out among multiple residential SFH's and/or 2-4 unit MFR's or would you use it all as a down payment on one larger commercial multi-family property?

Anthony,I suggest you come up with a post card and letter rotation that will spread your budget out over time but keep you in front of them.  

I wish REI could be done successfully on spread sheet.

If the seller would pay a huge tax burden, seller financing can reduce it by spreading it out over years instead of the one-time hit. 

@Dan HeuscheleBoth are the same charts, one is spread over 40+ years, other almost 10 years and zoomed in.