They have a knowledge of your market that the national lenders don't have, and are more likely to know your property and neighborhood when you call them.

In the interim or thereafter start talking to some banks about financing or post here what you think you have structured and let BP Nation give you some guidance.

Instead of continually agonizing over the best path, I am hoping that BP nation can offer suggestions on where they would begin if they were in my situation.

Just to give you guys an idea of how some of the larger companies work, we just hired a national building company to dry-in (frame, side and roof) a new build of ours -- total bill for the job was about $50,000.

I am also evaluating a property that I've confirmed is on the national historic registry and might qualify for the credit.Can anyone give me an example of how this tax credit is applied?

For someone who is nationally syndicating this plan with potential thousands of investors, that isn't nearly enough to support 12%+ return they are promising.Each listing appears to be listed by a couple, not a company.

Training/workshops are useless on a national level as almost all aspects are very state specific, and often county/city specific. 

For example, I lived in the past in Arizona, so when I do my taxes I print 2 copies, and send one copy to the IRS (the Feds) and the second copy to the local IRS (the Arizona IRS, which is called Arizona Department of Revenue, if I remember correctly)Since I moved to Florida last year, my understanding I dont have to send anything to the Florida IRS (if there is an institution like that), I should only send a copy to the IRS (the Feds), correct?

A DST is 1031 eligible  hands-off, institutional grade real estate investment (apartments, self storage, commercial, medical office, etc), that allows the investor the option to diversify into multiple markets around the country.

Staying active here at BP Nation and reading and posting in the threads is a great start to any RE education.