My biggest suggestion is make sure you pick high quality tenants that you hope will last a long time.

Beltline CEO position has had turnover recently so we're waiting to hear what, if any, new approaches there will be.Southside (connecting East & West) is 5 - 6 years from completion, but there's a good chance it will 'open' as a path without the big infrastructure investments that delayed the other two sections already opened.Probably the biggest piece of news unknown is whether light rail will be included for all of the Beltline.  

I'm an operations manager for the biggest craft beer distributor in the country and love it but have always been interested in becoming an investor.

:) yes, the biggest question is if/how we could (or even should) invest into 1031/DSTs separately as members of an LLC receiving proceeds from the sale of our sole property.

My biggest fear is not being able to sell it.

The biggest pro, in my opinion, is that 1-4 unit multi-families open you up to using the BRRRR strategy.  

I'll try to go through and answer your posed questions.The biggest "deal" would be that it could be turned into a rental with minimal work. 

Short Term Rental host and Airbnb Superhost here.The BIGGEST thing about doing Airbnb out of your personal home, is you will have to make sure your home is perfect--all the time.

There's other factors, but from a tax side those are generally my biggest concerns. 

He devotes a whole chapter to running the numbers on this and showing why this idea is one of the biggest myths of syndications.