Given equity is always more expensive than debt, in my view the additional finance charges were a good trade off. 

This is not legal advice, just friendly information.This is the trade-off with LLCs.

no financing costs whatsoever. 

In my eyes, all of the same diligence is needed in regard to sponsor and deal(s), but add to that prior operations by that sponsor, current financial analysis, current valuations in today's market with very limited trades happening as comps, what the effect of waterfall and fees will have on that position once you take over, etc.

LTR, STR, MTR, BRRRR, Multi-Family, Businesses, Cash Vending, Note trading, Tax Liens, etc. 

Under the IRS rules, a person  qualifies as a real estate professional if: (1) more than one-half of the personal services the taxpayer performs in trades or businesses during the tax year are in real property trades or businesses in which the taxpayer materially participates, AND.....(2) hours spent providing personal services in real property trades or businesses in which the taxpayer materially participates total more than 750 during the tax year.Like @Greg Scott and @Russell Brazil mentioned above, I don't believe that you would qualify as a REPS, but if you are going to try it, make sure you document it very well (i.e. with some kind of proof, like time cards, mileage forms, and/or receipts, etc.) so that just in case you do get audited, you at least have something to provide to the IRS agent. 

I like these amongst ,many other right nowREXR - (Rexford) they are a niche (sub-specialist) in industrial warehouse/distribution/manufacturing in the southern California only urban or Infil area, they are not international like PLD - prologis, their MOAT is that SO-Cal has geographic limitation to new inventory, so they have rent pricing power that industrial in rest of country doesn't, also 26 million people in so-Cal and the 2 busiest Ports in country, their earning/revenue projections next few years are best in class, and they are cheaper on price to book than PLD or others, I own some and will buy a lot more in upcoming Recession, likely in next 6-12 months, when publicly traded equities will likely slide by 20-30% although their assets (physical buildings) are only going up in valueVICI- (casino REIT), used to be part of Cesars palace, then Caesars spun them out in 2018, to do sale leasebacks of their properties to take all that physical capex off the books.

I’m an accountant by trade.  

Call me a skeptic but I find it hard to believe there are properties trading in 19147, 19148, 19123 or even 19134 at a 14% cap rate.

Fast forward 14 months later, through following what David and Cody teach we now have multiple signed LOIs from National, publicly traded, home builders that will net us multiple seven figures.