First investment, syndication or invest on my first house hack?

[Melissa Deacon]

I'm very new to investing and have never owned a property. My husband and I are working on educating ourselves and saving at least 20% for our down payment. Ultimate goal is to house hack a duplex as our first property then keep investing in small multifamily. We also know some people that we trust that have their own investment company and do syndications on large multifamily properties, minimum 50K to invest with them. My husband and I don't know if we should put our first 50K in the syndication or just find our own property or vice versa.

Thank you in advance.