Private ownership or syndication? (Noob question)

[Ethan Carbonaro]

Hey all! I'm trying to learn about real estate and have a pretty basic question:

What are the differences in returns of privately owning a home and renting vs. investing the money in a real estate syndication. Are these even directly comparable?

Let's suppose I have $50k. I know the time horizons are quite a bit different and the strategies can vary wildly, but generally what changes if I owned houses for 30 years vs. invested in syndications for 30 years (in the normal 3-7 year increments, rinsing and repeating)? Is there a big difference in what I could expect in the end?

Again, I'm really knew to this and just want to get my head thinking right. Sorry if these are really bad questions/too general :)

Thanks for any help!