The Feds are about to lower interest rates again to stimulate the housing economy. 

We're also featuring a City Planner who will share her thoughts on what a savvy investor might do if they want to draft behind Sacramento's efforts to stimulate local neighborhoods.We'll be breaking off lots of insider information that you won't find here on BP or anywhere else.

Travel to me is precious, Stimulating and something we love... hovering around the house and never going anywhere that to me is quite boring.. but once you have your basic financial house in order then move out and do things for yourself what ever they may be...

The full bonus depreciation is only available to a person who is a real estate professional ( and there is a certain criteria to that designation as per IRS) Talking of bonus depreciation, whether it is useful or not to the LPs was discussed briefly here:https://www.biggerpockets.com/... 

Kings Mountain mayor talks about a commuter train to CharlotteBy Joyce OrlandoPosted at 7:52 AMAdding a rail system from Kings Mountain to Charlotte and beyond would stimulate growth in the city that sits in both Cleveland and Gaston counties, said Mayor Scott Neisler.

A "syndication" has nothing to do with whether or not the LPs are strangers or if they're your best friend since childhood. 

There are two groups: GPs (general partners), who are experienced real estate investors and handle all the work - finding the deal, coming up with the strategy, implementing it, etc - and there are LPs (limited partners), who are passive investors that contribute capital to fund the down payment, closing cost, renovation and reserves, and get paid a return in exchange for their investment.

If you invest in a syndicate that owns 600 doors, and has 30+ other passive investors - who are all LPs, that's not the same as personally owning this same property(ies). 

My mind goes to: how can a group know how to operate a deal, if they don't know how much money they can and will raise and how much they will offer the LPs.  

Setting the hype aside (and there is a lot of hype) Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 has the following provision:"While the act is meant to protect businesses that “stimulate the economy” or are “too big to fail,” thanks to the loopholes in the verbiage, if you happen to hold your money in a savings or checking account at a bank, and that bank collapses, it can legally freeze and confiscate your funds for purposes of maintaining its solvency.