I have bought commercial RE in a Roth SDIRA and separately purchased a couple investment properties via 1031 exchanges outside of my IRAs.I too have hesitation of the above index funds and need to investigate further.  

Multi-family properties may allow you to buy 1 higher-priced one, or you could look for a mix of smaller, more affordable multi-family options.As for diversifying, I agree with your instinct — spreading your investment over a couple of properties can reduce risk and give you better cash flow.

I love hosting higher end couples.  

Those are more realistic table setters for you to begin your journey if you couple that with podcasts and in-person meetups so you can learn from real investors and their journeys.To invest, you will always need to be earning more money so you don't want to start your journey thinking you can do it with no money.

Second open house attendance fell off some.  

The one time you don't salt the sidewalks coupled with a litigious tenant..... they're going to sue whether or not there's an LLC. 

For those who attend this free webinar, you are provided a list of 300 CRE brokers.

I just wanted to take sometime and ask a couple of questions about getting started in the real estate space.

Personally what I have found to be best for our business to build rapport is to get paid in installments for the first couple of flips we do for a new client.

Agent spam is mostly focused around Columbus and a couple other markets.