I enjoy managing my own rentals and like being able to regularly visit my properties.

not excatly sure what Chris is referring to.. but I have done Many participation DT/Mortgage and prom Note over the years with small developers and builders .. your kind of doing the same thing..

Without the SSN the ability of the CRA (consumer reporting agency) to cross reference information is hindered. 

This is one of the reasons it is regularly recommended.

My agent helped a lot when I was just a regular buyer but could hardly grasp the concepts or details/numbers in investing.

Since I’ve always owned single family houses I don’t have experience on whether or not these type of properties are a good investment in comparation with regular homes. 

If commercial properties, you can seek loans from small local credit unions and banks that base it off of the debt service coverage ratio and regularly provide loans in the 7s.You can also seek commercial loans on residential properties as well.

until a couple years ago RE syndications were regularly returning 20% annual.   1) they were not projecting this high return for the most part.  

There is low inventory everywhere and regular home buyers are buying the homes to flip, pushing the prices way up.

I do have some references in Vegas if you're interested in exploring.