I'm hoping to learn and grow into a real estate investor. 

Happy to help them grow their business!!!

You've got to start by remembering that the requirements to completely defer all tax in a 1031 is to purchase at least as much as you sell and use all of the proceeds in the purchase or purchases.When you sell with owner financing you are actually creating two different proceeds that go into your exchange account - cash from the down payment from the buyer, and a note from the buy for the remainder. 

Seems like its continuing to grow.

Remember that if you are building in a neighborhood that there are no newly built houses you have to be able to beat the price of those old houses although your property is brand new and the rest of the neighborhood is not (If the comps are older than 10 yrs then you will be able to sell for a little more but as an investor don't count on it...). 

I would like to purchase a MF and grow my buy and hold portfolio. 

I remember every single one of them being bad tenants.

We are growing and i need to make sure how we are buying, collecting rent and purchasing is structured correctly so that we can keep the momentum going.

After growing an interest in real estate, I found myself at a company called Cleveland Cash Flow.At Cleveland Cash Flow I am a part of the Acquisitions Team.

I love that you brought up risk vs reward, always a good thing to remember!