Its going to be a tough road to get that legislation passed, and will affect some people for the positive and some for the negative. 

The second one is a property I own in Daytona where there is a commercial building on the main road and a house on the back street.

(I might come visit more often if I wasn't going to spend more time on the road than I would visiting!

Hope you can get off the road a bit. 60 hours driving is no bueno.

If you can identify a way to help other people do any of the following, you will be much more likely to find a MF partner: sourcing deals, sourcing capital, securing debt, underwriting and due diligence, execution of a value-add program, securing the operational side, etc. etc.

Eventually down the road my goal is to get involved with Multi Unit Apartments and Commercial.

That is where the rubber meets the road.

Your CPA should have had the deep conversation with you here and provided a road map forward.Best of luck.

If you have more time than money, then direct real estate is most likely your only choice.The downside is that if someone is brand new like you, they have a much higher than normal chance of making expensive mistakes.2) With syndication/Crowdfunding, once you identify the sponsor you do not have to do anything else. 

What do you think is easier for a new investor: successfully identifying and finding a good deal THEN developing a network and securing a reputable lender in 30 days to close a deal or meeting people, finding reputable lenders and then finding a deal where they have people in place already who can tell them whether it's a deal or not?