For our fund we want to raise another $20M-$25M next year.

After I raised this issue with RTR, they knew they fu*ked and they paid me some money as compensation and asked me to stay quiet and not post anything negative (which I am clearly not doing).

Raising money is easy; managing assets is hard.

They have raised their prices double over a few months period we have been using their platform.

Having owned many residential and commercial properties I can tell you that having a rental property is like raising kids. 

The idea was to upgrade the units significantly and raise the rents, then possibly sell once stable.

We created a syndication and raised 1.500,000

Also, consider raising capital after doing the first few - consistently building your connections while learning as you go. 

I wasn't sure if asking my FHA lender about switching it to commercial will raise red flags.

But most of my work is 2 to 3 month jobs at $40k+ if you don't want to put a couple grand up front on a $40k remodel, that raises flags immediately.