New Accredited RE Investor Advice/Info

[David VanWert]

Hello all, 

New to BP and REI in general and I am hoping to find some good resources and info so I can hopefully begin passive investing in apartments. Based on some initial research I think passively investing in a syndication opportunity or two is the direction I would like to go. I would be considered an accredited investor located in Los Angeles, I would think I would be looking for opportunities OOS just due to the cost of apartment buildings in California but open to options.

My question is how do I go about finding these types of opportunities and vetting previous performance of similar investments so I can see real numbers of say what investments of 100k, 200k, 300k etc... generated over the term of the deal? 

I was also looking at options like RealtyMogul or similar, how do these crowdfunding sites differ from a "standard" syndication deal? 

I'm sure many of these questions are pretty typical of a new investor but much of the information I can find about syndication are toward the GP and not the LP. Any information, tips, or resources so I can better educate myself about the process, previous returns on deals, how to find sponsors, etc... would be greatly appreciated so that I can educated myself better before making my first investment.

Thanks in advance!!