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?

You will have 45 days from the opening of your escrow to identify 3 valid potential up-leg properties, and 180 days to close escrow on one of them.

You need to be able to identify what features are REQUIRED by your local buyers, what features are liked, and which items are deal-killers.Once you know this you can build out your design.Also, Pinterest is your best friend for finding color schemes and cool design ideas.

We put an offer in on an identified home.

My initial comments above suggest that every investor identify for themselves their priorities.

Hello,

Would love some opinions/advice.

I currently have 10k saved up and plan on saving another 10k for first home purchase for house hack.
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Hello,    I am currently working through the initial diligence process for making my first multifamily (2-5 units) investment and am currently weighing the pros vs. cons of investing within my local market (MA, NH, or RI) vs. out of state - where there are likely higher growth (Orlando, Tampa, Dallas, Raleigh) or higher cash flow (Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus), but for which I would likely need to establish and rely much more heavily on partners in identifying opportunities and for ongoing management.  

The value I was able to bring to this bit of real estate was identifying the highest and best use of the floor plan and making changes to the existing floor plan to bring about those highest and best features.