I've also made a habit of learning from others experience.

Has anyone here had experience with similar platforms and can share insights on what worked and what didn’t?

If you have a BAD tenant experience on this property as a rental and lose several months of rent and incur substantial tenant damage that is all coming out of pocket whereas if you had even a handful of rentals the performing rentals and the monies budgeted for capex/maintenance/vacancy will carry that sort of loss.

Accumulation of weeds, vegetation, junk, dead organic matter,debris, garbage, offal, rat harborages, stagnant water, combustible, materials, and similar materials or conditions on a premises constitutes fire, health or safetyhazards.Violation 2: Enter/Occupy Posted STRUNarrative/ Ordinance Description: No person shall enter or occupy the residence due to fire damage and hazardous conditions.Violation 3: Heating facilitiesNarrative/ Ordinance Description: No heating due to no power PG&E pulled the power.

As she personally knows the syndicator she may be able to garner far more info in conversations with them about this and other investments, which can give her an informational asymmetrical advantage over 99% of retail investors as well.  

One of the commercial agents I contacted has only one cash deal transaction experience in self-storage. 

A licensee has infinite more liability than a lay person.

I've researched some, but there are so many options available I'd love to hear what works best for landlords with some prior experience. 

Estimating costs comes easier with experience and working with the same people multiple times.

In our experience we have learned to have it be a layered approach, for asset protection.