Real estate will require more of your time from a management standpoint but it can possibly accelerate your wealth building through the use of leverage.Pick up a copy of The Millionaire Mind by Thomas Stanley if you haven't read it already - he talks about the wealth building aspects of a sample of decamillionaires and most didn't build their fortune through publicly traded stocks but rather through their own companies (including real estate).Best wishes!

. - You get all this already because as you admit you're somewhere in between, which is the smart place to be :)  I'm right there with you - most of my properties are F&C, but I also understand that I am trading return for lower levels of aggravation - i.e., my investment doesn't require as much of my time & energy as it would if I wanted greater returns.

Should I:1) Trade up vertically using $150K towards Commercial Multifamily (5+)2) Trade across horizontally to multiple Smaller Multifamilies (4-)3) Hold what I have and put my savings (Approx: $80K) to work for me?

I tend to buy based on price per door and what I want to see in an area (and what I've paid) and price per rent ratios (also based on what I've seen traded / what I've paid).So on a simple "how much are you paying for that rent roll" basis, that property is fine IMO.  

Or if you like the hotel sector, simply look at publicly traded hotel firms like Hilton or Marriott.My suggestion: I would actually keep researching and maybe even look closer to home. 

Is there some trick to the trade I haven't learned yet?

I am a Business broker by trade so I have started to develop a network of possible investors.  

Think of it like trading stocks. 

Any trades related courses.

I don’t mean to poo-poo your trade here, but maybe you know something I don’t?