And if all or most capital was lost, many investors would label the sponsors as crooks.But these labels are all wrong, which is why the idea of a ranking list presents problems and could lead to poor sponsor selection.  

As you focus on what you can do for others  opportunities will present themselves to you.For networking try the biggerpockets Facebook groups , try meetup.com, the real estate rookie Facebook groups and any wholesaling groups you can find.

De. 2020 BOOM!

@David Haughton Nobody can effectively answer the question you presented unless you first identify four single family homes and two duplexes you are considering purchasing.

Collin I did a whole slide deck presentation to a few reias back in about 2019 calling it the pivot I thought we were going to see the 10 year cycle start to level off and things slow..

That presents a great opportunity, however it is hard to scale when buying everything with cash. 

Welcome @Erin O'Brien the Philadelphia suburbs (Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks, and Chester counties) are some of the hottest markets right now to get into.

Because that may sway who and how you interact also.Plus what kind of money are you bringing to the table to do this, are you broke and hoping (it's purely an academic exercise) or do you have some De-naro to put into a project(???)

They aggressively de-lever to not only create more cash flow without having to buy more assets, but also because they are starting to think about estate planning and how to efficiently create a very comfortable life for their kids.Lots of debt, long term debt or no debt are all right answers.  

Or read the presentation here.