Both residential and commercial real estate stand to benefit, as workers will need homes, and businesses will cater to their needs.Historically, large industrial projects have led to housing booms.

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

It will familiarize you with the basic terminology and benefits.

What benefits does it have over other lead lists? 

(currently  I have been sending my investors a 7 question survey to fill out for their criteria)My goal is to build genuine, long-term relationships with investors by creating opportunities that benefit everyone involved.

@Tar-U-Way Bright Using your LLC for real estate ventures offers legal protection and tax 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. 

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.

Freddie has similar intricacies, but also does not require a two year history of receipt; https://guide.freddiemac.com/app/guide/section/5306.4If you can use the rental income to drive the DTI down so that you can reduce the down payment similar to that of the FHA product, the benefits of the conventional option will outweigh the FHA option, as I'm assuming you have a strong FICO based on rate quoted with no points.  

You get your tax benefits.