I am new to this and I would like to benefit from your experience please. 

It will familiarize you with the basic terminology and benefits.

While there are definitely benefits to running a fund, it's tough to achieve success with funds as a beginner because oftentimes investors are attracted to the track record of the person or team running the fund. 

If you’re really going to just live in it long-term, I’m not really sure about the benefit up front.

And I feel the ideal portfolio can benefit from the diversification of both.I feel directly owned properties are great because they give me maximum control and the ability to tweak them exactly how I want.

I shifted from investing with a cash flow focus to the appreciation and tax benefits side of things.

It's a forced equity and appreciation play with the benefit of personal use and the hope that 100% bonus depreciation comes back.

Section 8 is has the benefit of guaranteed payments by the government.

There's little to no benefit to the owner and the person running the arbitrage is missing a very obvious, much simpler business opportunity- just start an STR management company and operate as such.

I was planning on building the home in the traditional stick built style in my budget but am wondering if doing prefab may save some money/have other benefits.