Just start thinking of how you can leverage each and every one of these advantages, set up your long term goal, and work backwards from there.  

My goal is to begin my own management company using the knowledge I've gathered through the years of working with rentals and HOA's.

I think you primarily need to look at the capital you have on hand and define your goals.

Our goal is to start flipping houses now build some cash and then buy and hold duplexs. 

What exactly is your goal in investing.

My main reason for considering commercial is because 1) the duplex and triplex and even 4plex market in my area is very competitive and it drives purchasing prices too high. 2) I guess I’m kind of a pretty ambitious guy and my wife has followed my lead and trusted my guidance and I want to help our growing family (2 kids and 1 on the way) meet our financial goals as fast as I can!

My goal by end of 2019 is to be entirely out of single family, have 1 or 2 NNN properties valued at $5MM, and to have $1M in equity deployed into passive syndications.Having a payed off asset 30 years from now is not as enticing as the prospect of not having to deal with tenants ;)

My goal is to buy my first property within a year.

Join some free REI clubs, find a mentor, make a plan, make some goals....Inventory current assets to see if your goals are realistic.I would start by finding a mentor and setting some goals to determine which direction to go in.

Do you have any end goals for investing?