It costs me thousands per year just to maintain my license.

What is your financial position outside of rental properties?

There is a lot of hard work involved in building up assets and cash wealth plus also great credit that can be used to position you to be able to make investments with OPM (other people's money) i,e. banks, and other lenders like private and hard money lenders. 

You must maintain separate accounting for different type of money for each participant.This topic has been discussed at length in this thread, you may find it beneficial:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/527...Hope this help and let me know if you have any follow up questions. 

Do you have a picture map to put here of the 8 acres to see how it is positioned?

How do position myself to purchase an income producing commercial property?

So I'm looking for ways to take advantage of my current position and move towards growing the portfolio into one that produces some income for myself and family, AND allows me to move towards bigger & bigger properties.Thanks in advance for any insight!

Of course you can talk tough and try to bluff them but I suspect you are in a weak legal position. 

I add value by managing 300 units and have maintained feces-free siding for my entire career!

I'm looking to acquire one or two multi units and am interested mainly in positive cashflow.