It's free and they will tell you more than you want to know about the hotel business.One thing you will find in that research is that hotels are having a structural technology problem right now because of websites like AIRBNB, VRBO, etc.If you're wanting to get into the lodging business why not start on the right side of technology?

Combine that with today's technology and you will be on the mark and stay out of trouble.  

I tried educating myself on different aspects of a mixed use business/apartment investment property but the terms and phrases I used kept yielding irrelevant results.

If it's been sitting and you aren't feeling confident about this many aspects of the deal, I'm not saying don't go do your diligence if you can agree on a decent purchase price, but also make sure you are going in with open eyes.

Im not worried about the rental or sale aspect of the property.

I would like to find a partner that wants to handle the operational day to day aspects of the business and let me bring the funds and financial background.  

Since we already own a lot of properties, we work to partner with cheap and skilled tradespeople saving maintenance costs.We are proactive in our maintenance so our tenants are happier and they stay on average longer than most tenant occupancy periods (which saves the owner on future leasing).We set up leases to end during summer months where we have the most tenants looking for new houses to rent so we can maximize rental rates.Even though we rent fast, we prioritize make ready repairs so that we can continually keep the property up to maximize rental potential and identify and get great tenants.We are proactive in our collection of rent so we evict faster than self managing investors.We perform inspections to identify how tenants are keeping the property to not renew leases to hoarders and people who break lease terms.We perform move in and move out inspections by video to document condition to charge back tenants on security deposits.For some investors, they are not as on top of all aspects of property management and they should get help (to improve ROI). 

Technology has been given the chance to prove itself and passed with flying colors. 

It is a great place to meet new friends and learn about various aspects of real estate and more.If you wish to tag someone in the conversation on the forum, type @ followed by their name and then select the name of that person which should appear below the comments box.

So usually, investors who aren't interested in that aspect will save that money and invest in a non-DST syndication/crowdfunding deal.Also, you don't have to develop a huge personal network to find deals.