I too am appalled at the increasing inability to get a second chance in the USA, a country founded,  developed and built on second chances. 

I will buy and hold not for want of appreciation but to keep someone's home in good repair and eventually enjoy a cash flow untainted by mortgage payments. 

And when developing a parcel from the ground up, investors take on more types of risk than just the construction risk.

With the case from that article, it seems to me the developer is just taking some profit by letting go of the retail space and focusing on the office space. 

I am looking to network with real estate developers in Georgia.

Like Account Closed said, you need to develop a relationship with a wholesaler/investor-friendly Realtor, etc. that you trust so that you can offer on these properties with more confidence from out of state.

My goal is to invest in Multifamily properties (2-4units) and eventually grow into larger apartment complexes (25+ units) as a means of creating a sustainable business that generates passive income to support my family, my community, and if God is willing then myself as well. 

But, I am blind which makes negotiating the world of work kind of risky, and nurses, particularly the good ones, eventually need to wind down.

Now I am a software developer looking to begin investing.

They were in the way of him building a new house.And still another time I had a neighbor's electrical service lines running in the air across my property and I had no ability to force her to move it (instead I paid for underground conduit to be installed and eventually they were moved underground).