Syndication vs Sole Ownership

[Gustavo Gonzalez]

Hi BP Community:

First order of business, my apologies as I'm not trying to act naive but I'm wondering why everyone is talking about apartment investing syndication as the best way to enter the multifamily unit space?  I do get that under a syndication larger deals (i.e., number of units and high price listings) can be taken down but what I'm wondering is how profitable is this once everyone takes their share?  I read and listen to different sources that of course talk about syndication for  150 +, 200 + and get how one individual unless your exceedingly wealthy can't do those deals alone.  But what if an individual just single-handedly takes down the smaller apartment buildings say 20-40 units?

I have some money set aside and have been monitoring the 20-40 unit apartment space but it seems that the new buzz word is syndication.  Am I missing the obvious?

Gus