Scour the forums, listen to all the podcasts, and contribute as much as you can.

If they are scouring STR listing sites that is to the extreme. 

I have been scouring BP for any and all info I can find, but there are some things that are more difficult to find. 1.  

Scour the listings and begin formulating a plan of what you are looking for and where you feel comfortable owning.

Assuming that it was engineered and installed correctly, the only way that I can see helical piles to fail would be due to liquefaction, sinkholes, and scouring.

Super new to BP but I've been scouring the site for info about using retirement funds to invest, and their overall value compared to REI.

I have been scouring my area of the Twin Cities, MN, which is really hot right now!

I scoured and scoured the listing and could not find anything that looked like a violation.

So does sophisticated investor mean "everybody on the planet other than accredited investors" or are there other requirements.If i'm understanding correctly I would scour bigger pockets forums, find the people talking about syndication, contact them directly to ask if they have x of 35 slots remaining for sophisticated investors, then put in 100,000 and collect 8% a year on it.I dunno for me personal i'd rather use the 100,000 for a leveraged investment townhouse or something in the neighborhood of the new amazon HQ2.Also makes me wonder where do accredited investors go to find a directory of these offerings to jump in to?  

I've been a "stalker" of the BP forums for quite some time now, reading and scouring posts without contributing much.