What do you think the best possible experience an investor can have that reduces the "sifting through sooo much information" problem, quickly plugs them into a model such as one you've built and ultimately produces a transaction? 

I was tending to make decisions based on how much “net income” was produced rather than increases in my wealth, or estate value.  

If you are producing "real" cashflow of 200 per month, this should already have vacancy, capx, and maintenance factored into which indicates that there should be reserves and accounts created that will pay for these eventual problems. 

I can consider being a little more aggressive with a 401K as I have a defined benefit vested pension as well.Personally I wouldn't do it for a flip, but would consider it for a dividend producing (i.e rental income) property I would hold.I also wouldn't cash the whole thing out.

On the executive leases, they are essentially mid-term leases, and can produce 5-7k per month in North Central. 

The end result may not be very profitable for the owner, because the management company takes a large comp cut, but for analysis purposes the gross rental numbers they produce are significant, and they are NOT captured by AirDNA or other similar services.

As long as it is not your primary residence, it is used to produce income and you pay for a cost segregation study; yes, you can do it.

Because I like to have cash until it can produce return, I would not choose option 1 but the numbers do not show option 1 to be significantly worse than the other options.  

They have produced a "written opinion," we (group of investors) have requested and been sent the LLC's tax returns, we have been pains in the petunias, the syndicators CPAs held a Zoom call that would have been more hilarious than a Sat Nite Live skit, except they accidentally "lost" the recording.What I need to know is whether the IRS requires small (<$2.5M investor money) syndications that are generally straightforward (1 syndicator with sweat equity *ownership* shares and the remainder of investors with purchased shares) to calculate ownership via K-1 tax capital accounts, Line L, not Line J, when the OA is silent, but can be amended to say ownership is by contributed capital, the latter representing the substantial economic effect and true economic relationship among the partners. 

So YOUR investment of $200,000 is now worth $1 million after 15 years, AND you own an income producing property that is completely paid for!