Joining BP with all this content and valuable tools is intense.

You have to have the cash to stick it out as you won't see much if any cash flow, the property will be management intensive, and the runway isn't 2-3 years but more like 10...development is great but remember that these companies are playing the long game of decades not years.Just approved this week - 130 Kindley was changed from 20-story to 40-story and will be 2-3 high rises.

I have a feeling I might see here some crazy intense strategies posted here.

Those tenant classes are typically very time intensive to manage. 

The exposure to ideas and intense use of thinking power seems to rewire the mind.

You may be able to get a good return in STR, they are much less consistent and management intensive. 

War zone and D grade properties have a tendency to look great on paper but in actuality they are management intensive and pay out poor - most amateur investors that invest in these areas either tout their ROI ex.

Residential investors many tend to own just one rental house and if tenant stops paying or partial pays they have limited reserves to weather the storm until the next upcycle.So money tends to run out for homebuyers buying houses, people using existing houses as refi piggy banks, residential investors with one or a handful of properties, etc.In the commercial space my clients tend to have millions, tens of millions, or even more money so they are almost their own bank and can buy pretty much in any cycle they just adjust the intensity of the purchasing and or selling when it bests suits them.   

Now, this option will likely be the most "work intensive" as there are some matters to private lending you will need to be aware of, in addition to the expertise to underwrite a property relatively well in your market.

I want to be able to pick my future kid's from baseball and basketball practice, or band concerts.