The value of commercial MF has fallen nationally.  

Self managed HOAs are usually undercapitalized so you want to take a thorough review of the condition of the community to make sure there isn’t deferred maintenance because you might get hit with a special assessment if the board isn’t setting aside cash for those capital improvements.At face value, taking into consideration my typical financial objectives, I wouldn’t do this deal unless it was a much lower price.

Your first year will be a learning experience, you will want to be close to the action, as you may not have the capital to pay someone to handle everything.

I've also held of holding properties in individual LLCs that are owned by one S corporation, which allows for a 60 / 40 split between ordinary income (regular tax) and dividends (capital gains tax rate).With the goal of minimizing taxation and liability protection, what would be the recommendation from more experienced people here?

However those that are .. i see this stuff as fine tuning  and there is network opportunities for those doing deals.. but it cant be Hey I am just a beginner and i have no real capital and just because i am part of the club you should do deals and include me.. does not work that way. 

And those factors of risk exposure and weighted returns, drastically change how much capital I'd be comfortable to outlay, for a $40k annual return. 

I work in the oilfields and plan on doing it for maximum 5 years to get the capital to become a full time real estate investor.

Interest rates decreasing a little more will be necessary to make this possible, too (DSCR loan).Also I will have another deal refinanced by then and gain about $70,000 of capital from refinancing that.

After doing research on the market (see above noted indicators) and creating an investor deck (mainly to prove to  myself as the main capital provider.

If I have a capital provider whom wants to be 100% passive and is ready to invest $100k with me (cash), and I have all the syndication structure and offering documents for this project... can’t I just find an accredited investor, present them the deal / get them on board, and go through them?