Also the notion that you need a bunch of money to get involved is also ridiculous. 

That's the beauty of that measure - whether they get paid every year, on in a single distribution at the end, the value of the investment is (theoretically) the same because the IRR is the same.This is with someone who is well known to me, though, with a small number of people involved ...

There is certainly some stress involved.

I’d also recommend getting involved in some of the local meetups, there are some good folks and good meetups around SA. 

I was involved in a similar situation and once the broker called and explained to the seller their obligation to pay the commission and that if they payed the buyers agent their percentage, they would still owe the full 6% to her firm per the listing agreement, the sellers understood their obligation and it worked out. 

Owning income real estate directly is one of the many ways of owning income real estate and the way most frequently discussed on BiggerPockets because it involves the most hands-on activity (and when done correctly, probably yields the highest return of all the different ways of doing real estate).

Whats the best advice for finding, funding, and doing deals involving commerical real estate?

Hey BP, been a member here for a few years but never been too involved.

Unfortunately, either way it involves a) trusting a third party, like a syndicator; b) landlording; or c) dealing with a property manager. 

With that size property, you'll have staff to run it so you're not involved in the day by day.