Are you planning on keeping the complex or flipping it once optimized? 

The best way to find them is to send out mailers.Some good lists to target are Absentee Owners with Equity, Seniors with Long-time Ownership and Homeowners with Low Financial Stability Scores.You can work with a list broker to optimize your list for your area.

Tax optimization is not a topic that many people like to discuss, but it can deliver equal value as other landlording tasks.

It really just comes down to if they meet the standards that you are looking for.Now if there is something wrong or sub optimal with their application, then that is a whole different story

Syndications will almost always be to cover the down payment, renovations, and other costs in order to increase rents and to optimize ROI.

I visit Oahu every year to check on my properties, optimize processes, meet fellow investors, and work on my tan ;)Besides my Oahu rental portfolio, I have invested in over 15 private placements/'syndications" passively over the last few years.

We are not optimized, but I have accepted that.

Looking back I believe we could have/should have adjusted our rates to optimize our payouts.

I am wondering about two things- insurance and tax optimization.

(The program is Healthy Neighborhoods Program).I guess my question is .. being that I would like to get into investing ASAP and i feel like this would be a great small step , are there any more options out there that would be more optimal for my situation (hard money lender, other programs, better routes)?