Yes, it's easy to ask you these questions after the fact, but you won't succeed unless you carefully review your mistakes and learn from them.Not sure I agree with your statement, "RTR knew they’d messed up".

The only place we can get some semblance of this is on PassivePockets.com, where some sponsors are reviewed by LPs behind an LP-only wall. 

I'd look at crime rates and I'd also look at multifamily supply projections to see how many units are expected to come online in the next few years. 

You can also search Google and read reviews.

Keep doing what you're doing with networking, and just keep showing up — in person or online.

I understand equity and cash-flow are related, but what I mean is that I don't need the cash flow right now as much as I'd like to build a strong portfolio that can cash flow even more later on.I've owned a single-family rental for 4 years, but on mulitple fronts I felt like I've done a poor job self-managing it, so this Fall I picked up the Turners' book on managing rentals and that's what led me here to Bigger Pockets online.

I know that they are pretty big and competitive and also our competitor :) My management  company has great reviews and better pricing, which allows you to save PM me if you are interested in discussing it further. 

He practiced that well and his son is now one of the largest developers in the country, if not the world.The nice thing for investors is that there should be a 2-3 or maybe 4 year gap in major apartment developments coming online. 

Its always best to review your file with an investor friendly mortgage broker like ourselves to see what are your best options in terms of financing your next deal and get a high level understanding on how to enter a property and also exit a property.

I will highly appreciate if you could review the final numbers before i share them with potential LP's.