Let me know if you have questions, I've done a little bit of everything - rentals, flips, now in development - and I've really enjoyed sharing ideas with members on BP to stimulate my thinking.

Why do syndication sponsors go to all the trouble of working with LPs to incrementally raise funds? 

The best way to start connecting with LPs and GPs to get a survey of the landscape and then talk to different GPs to see which is the best fit for your portfolio. 

They write tax code to stimulate behavior.

Instead I do have an great collection of vinyl LPs and a record player.

However, for accredited investors, it's worthwhile to consider scaling up to syndications and private placements as limited partners (LPs).

So, yes, there are REITs and even private LPs that do not have personal guarantees on their loans, but when you are starting out: on a commercial loan you will very likely have a personal guarantee on the loan for all performance of the loan.  

That will not allow mortgage rates to drop.In short... this is what happens when the economy is artificially stimulated for longer than is should be. 

One of these five countries will do something similar to what Germany did in 1921 where they ran the printing press on marks to stimulate the German economy through cheap exports.

(Side note Kiyosaki says this is why he won't invest in Canada).A big driver of pricing is from foreign investment (eg Asia) especially the west coast (Vancouver, Calgary).Real estate is a huge part of our economy so the government is very protective and puts laws in place to curtail or stimulate the market.