It also comes down to a comfort level that you feel like you know him and when you are giving someone $100K+, comfort can play a big role in that decision.I personally enjoy listening to his shows on Mondays and think he's great.

I have a handful on rentals now and I genuinely enjoy doing them, but I think I'll be switching to something else in the next year or so.

I'm a Realtor with CB Northeast and enjoy the hunt for properties if you need that assistance. 

Before I bought it I was buying real estate giving myself and my daughter something to do, my lily girl (Alice kate) was disabled and a single father it gave us something to look forward to every day rehabbing apartments, I started doing some research on turning a small complex into something for her and design it for her wheelchair in case something would ever happen to me, she would have her own place ,in my research I seen assisted living facilities and thought thats what she needs something with nurses. well I found this 4000sqft building and it was an ALF I made the owner an offer and bought it!

All cashflow after that will go directly to your bank account.When you make contributions from SDIRA on the other hand, you don't get to enjoy the cashflow and all profits right away since all proceeds go directly back into the IRA account and you end up paying taxes when you are ready to cash out.My question is what method do most investors prefer to go with when investing in syndications ? 

Enjoy

@Michael Plaks That LLC panel would of been enjoyable and interesting.

My wife and I are both W2 and we are evaluating to buy a vacation home to enjoy it, but planning also on renting it as a STR while not being there.

Enjoy the ride!

You can look at the relocation as an investment in the property since it will be an issue if you ever want to sell.Years ago we only provided w/d hookups, but these days we include w/d in all units, raise the rents accordingly ($25-50 per unit) and enjoy some extra cash flow.