for the life of me I simply don't understand the thought process some have who think having a RE license  direct access to MLS  network with like minded agents .. etc etc is a bad thing.Now I can see it may not be needed for a the casual buy and hold investor.. but anyone looking to scale and or for sure if your flipping..

Starting out I'm looking for single family rentals and small multi-families, and will eventually scale up to some larger multi-family properties.

I am on the fence as to whether I want to self-manage or hire a property manager due to limited time and availability, but your recommendation may have tilted the scales back towards self-managing for me.I'm still taking central Illinois PM recommendations, though, if anyone has any.

In our market, Multi-Family seem to be the only ones that can cash flow.If we wanted to seek out silent investors to support our efforts to scale, what is the typical structure?

Joe Fairless has quickly scaled to $100M+ in assets under management and has utilized unique methods to establish credibility and raise several millions from investors for his apartment syndications.  

DSTs typically own larger-scale "institutional grade" assets and allow investors to invest in them on a completely passive basis while qualifying to 1031 exchange purposes.Like everything in investing, there are pros and cons to NNN and DSTs just as there are with single-family homes, land, etc.  

My friend owns 90 individual Trailer lots with Single and Double wide and Manufactured Homes.

Who here has used good property management programs that have helped them scale their business and if you don't use them what would you suggest to do to compensate?

Who here on Bigger Pockets has a bookkeeper that they use to help scale their business and if not what do you do to help mitigate the stress of balancing your books?

The main investor has the necessary amount of funding in cash, therefore taking a ton of headaches out of funding this endeavor and going through lending on such a large scale.