My background is owning an internet marketing company for 20 years, so I have a bit of a leg up for sure. 

If you had put that $100,000 into any local real estate of your own do you have any idea the type of gains you'd have over four years.Do not send your money to investment promoters of any kind that you learn about in podcasts, on the internet, social media, etc.

I was too busy concentrating on things like the % of renovation / walls opened when really the real trigger is simply the change of use from R-3 to R-2, which would happen regardless of any other changes.

First to back up a second, syndication deals are basically the old-school version of crowdfunding deals (with the main difference that crowdfunding deals are allowed to be marketed on the Internet).And you can find syndication/crowdfunding deals that are set up as DSTs.

With internet all research is done within hours. 

If you have the time though, you can learn all of this on Bigger Pockets and on the internet. 

While that is one of the lowest annual figures of the past decade, it is concentrated in the fourth quarter as demand struggled through the first three quarters of 2023.Construction remains a prominent market theme but has moderated recently.

And. whether you like him or not, Mexican's president is not wildly accused of being corrupt and is probably less corrupt than many other heads of state.Aside from that, let's concentrate in the positives within your message, which is that you should do your due diligence and prepare (isn't that always true?).

I am looking to be an OOS investor with the concentration on long term holds to build equity over cash flow.

10 minutes at a local bar, restaurant, or coffee shop asking questions to locals will be more valuable than 100 hours of internet research.