There is advertising on the podcast by the shows sponsors, however, people don't come on there pitching sales.

Before the deal, you’re wooed with glossy marketing packages and the sponsors will answer your questions with lofty ideals.However, when the rubber meets the road, the sponsor team needs to be able to execute on the business plan in the face of unforeseen circumstances.

Best case scenario is that I would scrape up non-IRA money (150k) and convince the sponsors to let me sell my IRA owned shares to myself (non-IRA money). 

@DongHui PatelYou may want to ask the sponsor what filing a composite means to you.Most GP's will not do a composite filing on behalf of an investor/partner unless they instructed it to them.Furthermore, composite elections are normally not done in the real estate space.Talk with your CPA if you should be opting into the composite elections.Best of luck

As a syndication sponsor I see lot of investors using their self directed IRAs. 

Neither the other co-owners, nor the sponsor, nor the manager may advance funds to a co-owner to meet expenses associated with the co-ownership interest unless the advance is recourse to the co-owner (and, where the co-owner is a disregarded entity, the owner of the co-owner) and is not for a period exceeding 31 days.The co-owners must share in any indebtedness secured by a blanket lien in proportion to their undivided interests.Distinguishing a Partnership From Co-Owners of Leased PropertyIn the case of property to be purchased by more than one equity investor and subjected to a long-term triple net lease, it may be possible for each equity investor to structure its participation as a purchase and lease of an undivided interest in the property, separate from the other equity investor's transaction, so as to preserve arguments that the equity investors are mere co-owners.

If the co-sponsor just needs a kicker they're probably less likely to value the guarantee as much as if they really need the guarantee to get the deal done.  

Another option would be if I look into sponsor units which usually accept 3%, depending on the loan.I have lived in nyc my entire life.

What I love best about investing in real estate syndications is that it’s relatively easy to build a framework around diversification by niche, region and sponsor.Niche Diversification - Many investors consider investing in real estate syndications in order to get better diversification within real estate asset classes Typically each sponsor has a specialty in a specific type of asset class that they have a competitive advantage in.

The sponsor derives their sale price with an exit cap rate (NOI / Exit Cap Rate = Sale Price).