It is a lot to ask of friends and family to couch surf for several months-a week or two, perhaps. 

I owe a lot to the BP platform, I’d love to connect and hear about your plans!

There’s a lot to be said about rental arbitrage on the forums already.

I have a lot to learn. 

Why would they lend it to people who may or may not pay their mortgage.And if you claim the real estate "market" is going to rise then you have a lot to learn as there is no "market".

Industrial is great too, long term, but a little overpriced still for now. or sell, pay the taxes, invest in VOO, get 8-10% next 30 years, or invest in REITs, get 10-12% next 30 yearsor buy MUNIs, i'm getting 5% tax free, which is an effective yield of  7.94% for part of my emergency fundIf you die 1 day , 1 yr, 1 decade after you sign an Annuity, they keep all your money, your wife/kids get nothing, unless you add them, but then the returns do go way down and they were low to begin with, Remember the Annuity company is investing in VOO and last 20 years got 13% a year, (long term 8.4% since 1801) they pay you 6 and keep the rest, good luck brother :) There is a lot to unpack in your post and Im not familiar with most of the options you listed so I'll do some homework. 

Link isn't working, but I was able to find it here: I was just sharing notes with someone else on these forums about things I look for with syndications, and while there is a lot to look at, the first one is: is this an asset class and business plan you want to invest in.  

I have a lot to research...

That means a lot to me.

The company I mentioned before (iMortgage) does $35K max VA renovation loans that can be used for any kind of renovation, similar to the FHA 203K Streamlined loan.This means the only base I haven't covered is a renovation loan that allows for more than $35K (not new construction), similar to the Full FHA 203K loan and the conventional Fannie Mae Homestyle renovation loan.It took looking around a lot to find just the two I've found so far, so it's hard, but not impossible to find lenders.