I'm still not sure how much that willingness was financial, or just wanting to me succeed, with some financial benefits to the owners..

I'd be interested in looking at your deals.A great way to gain knowledge is at REIA, real estate investing groups. 

The FHA loan seems to be a great option to leverage up and get the cash flow benefits of a triplex or quad. 

Looking to gain as much knowledge as I can before I make my first investment.

my primary home to my LLC (that already contains 11 uniits) without losing my Section 121 benefits (capital gains exclusion)?  

My excitement for investing is growing faster than my savings account so I am hoping to learn even more about creative financing and gain the courage to get out there and start building my portfolio!

I obviously will still be paying taxes on the rent as income just like any other property, but will have foregone any capital gains taxes on the earnings of the 529 investments as opposed to if it had been in a taxable account.  

Syndications are a way for folks to earn very attractive returns in an asset class like large apts that are hard to gain access to w/o experience, capital and connections.  

You have to bring something to the table to benefit the relationship.  

I understand that part, what I would really like to know more about is any other programs that we could benefit from besides NACA!