I believe one of the reasons is there is special licensing that is required to lend on primary residences.

For example, smaller apartment buildings (5-30 units) will command a higher cap rate than larger apartment complexes (31 units and up specially 100+ units and up).So if they're in the same area, a 30-unit building might be worth 5% cap but a 100+ unit building might be worth 4% cap. 

Hi Guys, I’m an investor/realtor specializing in the Peterborough area.

They invite professionals - officials (attorney general), to speak on topics relevant to the business.There are seasoned, experienced landlords that gladly give free advice and pointers.They have full time lobbyists to fight against the pervasive ‘tenants rights’ groups we continually have to battle.I attribute much of my success as a landlord to my involvement with a great association.

If you're open to working remotely there are lots of excellent REI specialized tax pros here on BP. 

I have one, Amy Wan, who specializes in Syndication if you are interested in connecting with her.Is this considered a syndication?  

I also have a 1/12 which will need a special torch down or TPO.

I was extremely upside down, got married, had 2 special needs children, quit my job of 17 years and am a stay home dad as a result, trying to figure a way to make money. 

@Michele ZugschwerdtIf you are looking to get involved in real estate, you want a CPA who specializes in real estate taxation.Taxation when you have spouses living in two different states does make state taxation more complicated.

In addition, if you are self-employed with no full-time employees you may wish to consider opening a Solo 401k instead of a self-directed IRA as it has several advantages over an IRA LLC such as much higher contribution limits, direct checkbook control (i.e. no need to have the account at a specialty trust company), ability to take a 401k loan, exclusion from unrelated debt finance income tax with respect to investment in real estate acquired with non-recourse financing, etc.In addition, please note if you purchase debt-financed real estate with your IRA, unrelated debt finance income tax should apply to the income attributable to debt-financed real estate held by your IRA.