EVERY full-time professional apartment investor I know has said time and again that an investor new to commercial multifamily should start off with no more than 12 units.As others have mentioned, it is a more complex vehicle than your average SFR and ONE mistake could put you into foreclosure or bankruptcy.

And I don't know how it would be structured, it probably would put a 2nd or 3rd position lien on the property, which is not that attractive, but as a passive cashflow vehicle it seems it would be very attractive to many people with cash earning nothing in the bank, or cash at risk on Wall Street.

Unless you have an investment vehicle that can 2x those dollars, the value Real Estate is unlocking for you is (1) tax benefits and (2) potential price appreciation. 

This is a truly passive investment vehicle that will allow you to participate in all the benefits of real estate - cash flow, appreciation, tax benefits - but not have to be involved in any of the work. 

That middleman processing layer can become a real barrier with time-sensitive and transaction intensive assets such as rental property.A plan offering checkbook control such as a Checkbook IRA or Solo 401(k) will be a much more effective and efficient vehicle for the type of investing you are considering. 

Not only manufacturing jobs but tech jobs since Ford is expanding their autonomous vehicle research in Corktown.

I want to get ahead with my income and i know real estate is a great vehicle to get there.

All his belongings were gone, though not his vehicles. 

Self Directed IRAs and Solo 401ks are the most common vehicles in this space.

So it's conceivable that you can actually eliminate your debt and still reinvest some cash into another 1031 vehicle and put some tax fee cash in your pocket.