You can start passively investing if you are accredited and also pursue a hybrid strategy, some active SFRs and some MF passive investments and then let's chat in about 3-5 years and let's see how things are going.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/9145/53820-why...

PatchofLand and RealtyShares are crowdfunding ORIGINATORS for real estate developers, where PeerStreet is a marketplace for accredited investors to purchase secondary hard money deeds.  

First off you need to be accredited (not assuming you aren't).

If you're an accredited investor you might consider investment into DSTs.

Saying accredited investor is rather an understatement in those amounts, unless you "know" who might be interested at the country club, I'd suggest you go the fund route as solicitations at that level will quickly run you into solicitations for projects and the SEC you seem so eager to jump into (LOL). 

It is advisable to do your due diligence and ask about such things as how long have they been in business, are alternative assets their sole focus, are they BBB accredited and rated, are they a regulated financial institution, have they ever been sanctioned by any regulatory bodies, how many accounts and how much in assets do they administer?

I'd bet most respondents are not Accredited investors which requires net worth over $1M excluding your primary.

If you have a lot of equity in your properties and want to avoid capital gains taxes using 1031 Exchange when you sell, accredited investors can reinvest in institutional grade real estate, diversify their holdings, gain potential tax sheltered monthly cash flow, and still reap the potential benefit of appreciation.  

I know there are some hurdles to clear to avoid the accredited investor requirements.

The mentality reminds me of how you have to be an "accredited" investor (basically filthy rich) to invest in things like an equity position in a start-up which could produce an enormous return especially if they went public although not likely (yes I know!).