Check with a cpa that is knowledgeable with real estate expertise to fully understand all the tax advantages.  

The rental market in Savannah is driven by the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) students, the nearby military bases, a strong tourist industry, and our large industrial sector and the port authority. 

The Division will be managed by driven individuals that share the vision of the ownership and have the expertise, experience and interest in the particular line of work.

STR can be very lucrative especially in vacation or resort areas but they are out of my area of expertise so I won't even try to offer advice there.

I agree that partnering on deals, particularly in new markets can be a great way to bring in local expertise while also potentially limiting your risk, but I am just not clear what the play is with your couple posts.  

Of value too, and as a separate concern, if this attorney has the expertise to conduct due diligence on the aforementioned syndicator, his service will be most valuable.

NOT to get them to try to buy and sell, because you have no control over that, but because each of them knows several hundred people and SOME of those combined thousands of people who could hear about you through your network will buy or sell this year.The goal is to become the person they see as the friendly go-to real estate expert, the person they recommend when their friends say they're going to buy or sell, and ultimately that means you'll become the person they use someday as well.The way to become that person is not by first off asking for business, but by demonstrating your expertise by sending them helpful, interesting information about real estate.

My company does offer a discount and would do traditional investor home purchases, but I am also interested in finding financing for 3-5 properties at once, but this is not my area of expertise, would this be considered more of a business loan?

Once you have the expertise that you need you can find others with money to invest in your deals.Good Investing...

If you can put together a great potential project and put a strong team around it with a deep bench of expertise your chances of success go from near zero to reasonable amount of risk.