To my point I have narrowed my sights on two vehicles, long distance investing or note investing.

I'm 6'4" and was posting the original post in a window seat of a Southwest flight and had probably 20x combinations of spreadsheets so apologies I wasn't more precise. 

@Kevin Nguyen yeah I heard both ,some really great stuff I think that was the first time I really understood how great the multi unit commercial value add & how great of a investing vehicle it can be.

Some HOAs and even some states have rules about unregistered vehicles which you could have them cited for.

I feel I've learned more from this topic/thread than from all the rest of my time put together trying to learn about this note investing stuff.Still more questions, though...So, firstly, what would be my best vehicle to search for notes that are specific to my area (currently central Iowa, Des Moines market)? 

@Aaron K. the voice of reason was saying precisely this.

Emergency vehicle access was one we were warned on.

Ive never invested in a syndicate but from the typical returns Ive seen thrown around I dont see how that could be considered a viable vehicle to rapidly scale up wealth compared to your own property investments

Get educated here on BP and learn the many vehicles you in your real estate investment journey7.

More precisely in the East Bay where the temperatures and weather are pretty moderate.