No jazzy tools, BS booklets, word-salad info whatever's, just BE OF SERVICE. 

Taking advantage of these digital tools will help ensure that you reach a wide variety of potential tenants quickly and easily.

Use tools like BiggerPockets Rental Property Calculator and Excel templates.

Be sure to check out the free tools BP provides to help analyze deals you may have and also market insights.

Be sure to take advantage of the excellent tools and networking opportunities available on this platform.

These documents are the lifeline to your capital so as Jeff and @Chris Seveney have noted, don't skimp on the documents or the use of an Attorney to make use of the terms within those documents.I once heard Gary Keller of Keller Williams note that legal documents shouldn't be called 'agreements' but 'disagreements' because they only become valuable when there is a disagreement between 2 parties. 

Since I enjoy the management and improvements and tools and growing a business, I chose to acquire my own properties.As for whether syndication is the "best way" ... it's totally whether the syndicator is good or not. 

I will say however, that there may be an indirect benefit to not APPEARING to hold many valuable assets.  

@Minnina Smith The Biggerpockets bookstore will have many valuable resources in it for you including some of the books mentioned here.

It can be a wonderful tool.