Real estate is much more flexible and a much better vehicle to generate passive income and create wealth.  

Based on what I have learned, real estate seems to be the most stable vehicle for preserving wealth.

The costs of an offering are considerable for this type of offering and the logistics will make it virtually impossible to use them for syndicated offerings.  

(Dig deeper than money, if it was all about wealth, their are other vehicles for that).2.

It will be hard if not impossible to get a conventional loan once your business is sold.

There are two great vehicles the wealthy use to limit their tax liability: businesses and real estate. 

As stated in a previous response, your best vehicle by which to gain knowledge is to network with experienced RE investors.  

Another alternative is take out a loan on your vehicle or even in extreme cases an advance from a credit card. 

Cash flowing properties seem nearly impossible to find and most properties exceed my budget. 

I would agree that having a boat load of cash does make this easier but would disagree that there are better investment vehicles in today's market but I guess we can always agree to disagree.