I have been in education for 22 years (full-time), and a real estate agent for 2 years (part-time primarily).

Some education, and/or mentorship can give you more ways to monetize each lead.

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If it is a tax credit eligible building you just need to find a CPA to educate you on the process.

May I say that you have been lucky in your first RE investment but to continue your success you need to become more educated in the tools of RE investing. 

I have been spending a lot of time taking in as much education as I can that is provided by bigger pockets.

And what sector to invest in for the best return.NNN commercial (especially single tenant with national corporate tenants) and DSTs as @Taylor L. mentioned are going to be very similar in passivity. 

That is my main concern i am not educated in such facts, which is why i am contacting a few lawyers and libraries and online cites to educate myself!

Then I guess you're not serious and what you're really looking for is someone to spend countless hours educating you for free on their local market - only to have you not buy because they can't find you that unicorn property all the online gurus are telling you to hold out for.

Subbing to this one for educational purposes.