If you can't keep control of your personal finances, you are highly unlikely to succeed in real estate investing.

I know the whole mentoring space is full of charlatans and "those who can't, teach," but I've done my due diligence and this outfit has legitimate results, so I'm comfortable moving ahead.What I'm struggling with is if I actually want to own or be responsible for a large apartment complex.

I invested in 7 syndication funds in 2023 as a limited partner with the expectation that I would generate first year losses from cost segregation that I could use to offset my gains on my personal real estate investments (self storage). 

No there is still one person living there right now. 

Typically that's the roll of a business broker vs real estate agent, although sometimes one person does both.   

You don't want a person living in a place with that in the basement.

You may know this already, but out-of-state investors are also sometimes surprised by Texas’ “high” property tax rate (but no personal income tax).  

Hoping to start flipping homes personally as well! 

And 1031-ing small deals is really a fools errand: the only person making money is your real estate agent.

However, the value of your labor generally cannot be included in the cost basis for depreciation purposes.Accelerated Depreciation: A cost segregation study would identify components of your property that can be depreciated over shorter periods, such as personal property and land improvements.