It seems a little too good to be true to get away with 3.5% down just to force appreciation and remove the pmi rather quickly.

Not true, but don't believe me or anyone else, go find the answer from qualified tax professionals!

Become a syndication Co-GP by lending the escrow funds for the true GP where you receive 1% of the GP share of project upside, then create website and social media marketing materials where you hold yourself out as THE GP for the syndication.5.

The above is true UNLESS as second lien holder you have an INTER CREDITOR AGREEMENT with the first lien holder.

I have looked into other ways to buy and your ideas are true, we just haven't done any other ways yet.

West is pretty affluent and finding those kind of deals are true needles in the haystack.

If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

I’ve always had a passion for real estate and dream of owning properties someday, and I plan to invest more time in this field after I graduate.I’m particularly interested in starting off with wholesaling as a way to enter the real estate market with minimal capital.

For the purpose of this exercise, I would like to start by separating syndications into two categories: (1) smaller capital raises that will only attract the friends and family sized checks because they require too much brain damage for those with the larger check writing capabilities;  and (2) syndications with capital raises large enough to fit within the investment parameters of true private equity/family office check writing capabilities. 

A true Investor friendly agent will have all of the contacts and likely use them on their own projects.