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Evan Dyer
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Feeling Stuck & wanting to take that plunge

Evan Dyer
  • New to Real Estate
  • Austin, TX
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Hey Biggerpockets family!

Mainly just looking for advice here. I'm 23 and recently just finished up school. I've been studying real estate now for about a year and a half, and have really become interested in commercial real estate (large multifamily). But Lately I've been feeling stuck as if I'm in a consistent loop where all I'm doing is studying rather than taking action. I know it mainly has to do with resistance and fear of failure, but also feeling a little lost on what the first step should be. Any advice on how to push through that threshold?

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Charles Seaman
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Charles Seaman
  • Apartment Syndicator
  • Charlotte, NC
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@Evan Dyer If you're looking to go the syndication route, then you'll want to do the things that are recommended below.

Recommendations When Starting Out

1. Pick a target area. You want to focus on one area so that you're familiar with the area and so that you have meaningful relationships with brokers, property managers, and other professionals that will ultimately lead to you getting better deals and better information.

2. Find sponsors. Sponsors are people that have the financial and experience track records to qualify for the loans that you'll need to acquire properties (unless you're not planning to use any debt). If you develop good relationships with them, then they might even let you use their track records to get good deals that you wouldn't get otherwise and to attract investors that would be more skeptical about investing with somebody that has no prior track record.

3. Find investors. Many syndicators make the mistake of spending too much time finding deals and not enough time finding investors. You should be spending as much time finding investors as you are finding deals. It's often said that you'll be able to find the money if you find a good deal. While there is truth to that in certain regards, it's tough to do that in syndication because there are strict rules and regulations that must be followed when raising capital.

4. Find partners. Most successful syndication groups have at least two (2) partners. It gives investors more confidence knowing that multiple people are involved because having only a single person in charge can be risky in case anything happens to that person. It also helps to divide the workload. When you first start out, there won't be much to do. But as you start building momentum, you'll quickly have more to do than you'll be able to handle, especially if you're working a full-time job and have other life obligations. My recommendation is to have one (1) person handle the acquisitions and one (1) person handle the investor relations. If you have more than two (2) people involved, then you can always further divide the workload accordingly.

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