And that there’s no reason to just simply charge 10-15 people for a background check simply because they applied especially with our current level of inflation and money being tight for everyone.

Looking for some direction on what to do next.

Happy Easter to everybody’s families if the Holiday applies.

If you were to make a list: cash, hard money, 30 year loan, commercial financing, having partners ( you find the deal and they put up the money), IRA/401k Self Directed Investing and Seller Finance.There is always a lot of talk about how to invest with no money. 

I just renewed my SAM.gov status and am seeking to apply to some of the listed leasing bids, but wanted to understand more on whether it's common to acquire them as tenants through subleasing, informing the owner & getting authority to lease, or I'd have to own the commercial/residential property out-right?

that's the best way to get started.investing in properties directly is actually not all that passive. 

You reference Costar directly, but as another member already shared, Costar is simply a data collection tool that commercial re brokers use to evaluate properties for themselves and their clients.

Would love to connect with people that have some experience in Commercial multi family and could guide me to the right direction.  

I think I would really like being a real estate agent and recently I applied for a real estate agent assistant job, to learn and get more experience!

Your understanding about broken refrigerators is wrong as it applies to PA and CA.