When developing, I'd first talk with the city building/zoning about what they want to see more of and where, and try a simple project that should be smooth sailing on plan approvals, saving you time and money. 

But if you want to keep things simple and lower risk, self-funding could be a solid option.

Start simple 

Good examples to try to follow.From the above discussion, I now have some simple, beginner questions about taxes and bookkeeping.Example property:Rent: $2000PITI: $1200, CapEx: 5%, Maintenance 5%: Vacancy 8%: Prop Manag 8% ($520)Cash flow: $280In the bank, you keep the $280 along with the $360 from CapEx, Maint, Vacancy while the Prop Manag is paid to the PM.

You can usually find some events by doing a simple google search.

Google ai's are cheap af, expect these ads not to match so well your preferences.It is amazing how this "thing" is still going on, been chewed and ruminated in this forum since 8 years ago based on the first inquiry here.Now here a simple fact for you to check: 1) When you click on the ad, it directs to whatever landing page to sell a product of their business.

I'd agree with John's simple take here.

The capital invested in this project is not as simple as the template BP gave me so I'll explain a little bit more here:This is a 1031 exchange build to suit.

I was shocked as I thought it would be very simple (which it is), but some syndicators will use funny math such as not counting fees, placing expenses on a quarterly or yearly basis when using IRR (backloading to end of year). 

Most of the time the categorization is simple enough and I can do myself.