In other words, if someone wants to find only a handful of deals to supplement life goals, rather than go full tilt into RE investing, they can see how it fits THEIR plan.

Thus slightly tilting the time/money equation in favor of using a PM?    

They have locations all over the US but this particular one they’re renting from me has been going full tilt.

Now next argument people make is "oh, what if all tenants stop paying rent", and what if all tenants jump at the same time, will it tilt the axis of the world?

You can't match the per door price of MF, nor the economy of scale, and if you are able to re-position the asset you can enjoy forced appreciation which can kick in faster than market growth would, and you have better cash flow along the way.Today the barriers to entry are higher with MF over 5 units; higher DP, higher reserves, net worth requirement, more expensive money all tilt the equation and raise the bar for entry into MF.

The only way to start a REI career is to spend, spend, spend on training program after training program and hope that eventually you buy enough of them that the shear weight of the manuals sitting on your book shelf will tilt the world in such a way that money will just roll into your pocket!