How many units and what asset class @Fas McO'nen?

A cap rate obtained from the "listed" property may not accurately reflect the market.

Or they do cost seg and get 20% short life assets or $5,500 that gets immediately expensed under the new tax law.

A big worry is if anything happens to me how does my family know where all my assets are?

If people do not have an intimate knowledge of something then they do not need to be writing blogs giving people inaccurate information with broad brush strokes about an industry.Restaurants can do well but like any other sub-asset class of commercial retail you have to buy right and know how to properly underwrite.

There is an intrinsic value to residential real-estate, unlike many other asset classes.  

I'm not going to spend all my time saving and paying down my personal residence, because the sooner I create another asset (generating passive income), the longer I can build returns from it. 

This may allow you to obtain control of the property more quickly with less risk of serious damage done by angry tenants. 

If my property was fully paid off it would be an asset full of leverage to buy additional properties via refi.

Operating expenses - I have requested this from multiple properties in order to try and place a value on the asset, but I am just getting a very simple spreadsheet with rents and expenses.