Owning more REI over time will allow you to build a more diversified portfolio and provide multiple streams of income. 

In fact, I got paid to own them.

You can implement your own systems, decisions can be made in hours rather than weeks, and tyou can focus on your deals, not the otters 1000s of units third party has to manage.To say one is better than the other is difficult if you dont have all the facts.

It would allow us a place to stay when we visit, and it would allow me to branch out in my real estate owning rather quickly. 

How long have you owned it?

I can get my own."

One guy I’ve known for 30 years completes the purchase in his own name for cash, and turns around and sells sometimes minutes later.  

How does it get liquidated (the asset) and there is probably no platform to buy and sell these interests as mentionedBasically like buying a NFT that with real estate slowing, going to be no interest in owning something extremely illiquid

Like everything else they all come with their own risk.

I will take a tenant that pays their own bills over a Section 8 tenant any day of the week.