Crowdfunding: Use real estate crowdfunding platforms to raise funds from multiple investors interested in real estate ventures.

They have agreed to sponsor multiple deals with students and then backed out of them causing their students to lose significant amounts of earnest money.

We did a deep dive into their business - they have multiple lawsuits for taking funds and backing out of deals and never responding.

I personally like multi-family properties as they have less capex (one roof to replace vs multiple) but that is just my style with investing.

Ive also knocked on the door on multiple occasions.

The same players involved with some additions along the way.

I have done several multiple property 1031 exchanges throughout the state for my clients who are looking to scale and improve their investment portfolio. 

That's a spreadsheet that doesn't transfer to a real life leasing scenario because its not permitted within the zoning code.If the property is zoned RM1, then  perhaps you can lease to 8 unrelated individuals by converting the building into multiple units.

We are a few friends from California looking to invest in multi family real estate in Ohio. Initially, we were thinking to make an LLC. For LLC, we need to register in Ohio and California. If we don't go the LLC route...

Funny enough, the house I made an offer on before the one I closed on I did go through multiple inspections: electrical, plumbing, and regular inspection and I ended up walking away from that one.