Building Single Family Rental Homes (build and hold strategy)

[Matthew Crownover]

Hello my name is Matthew, I am from the Chattanooga, Tn area. I become interested and started educating myself on any articles I can find to do with real estate. 

I recently read an article discussing the growing rate of single family rental properties. In the articles in explained the reasoning behind this trend: housing crisis of 2009, harder to get mortgage without large down payment, growing transient lifestyle with job market today, and a recent increase in acceptance of renting vs owning. 

I have seen articles of big corporations building 200-300 housing developments but have not seen examples on a smaller scale. 

I guess my question is can this be done on a smaller scale in a real estate syndication? Say 10-20 houses?

How could you structure that if the investors pay 100% of the project? 

I am new and green in this field. Just looking for some explanation and examples to see how this industry of single family rental home communities work. 

Thanks