It’s a smart move, especially since it ties in with your goal of saving for your first investment.For skills, you probably already have a good foundation with your sales experience—things like communication, organization, and dealing with clients are all super valuable.

We've sold off some of the smaller, lower end properties, and redeployed that capital into something that is a little higher end experience.

Based on my experience of running properties, even if the build were to cost you as much as $600k but you could generate $125k/year, you'd be very happy with that investment. 

Not having experience qualifying prospects I would think that the leads you would get from here, if any, would be..... challenging. 

Those deals are rare and starting off with such a good experience is amazing. 

Ask how many units they manage and how much experience they have.

Does anyone have experience, feedback, or opinions with using the "Syndicated Deal Analyzer " excel system?

Our experience is that many lenders/servicer customer representatives may not know the protections that exist for those that want to put asset protection steps in place. 

You have a freelance job and you can qualify as REP I sharing this from my personal experience.

Most HMLs, depending on your and your partner's credit score and experience, only require 15%-20% equity/down payment from borrowers.