I cant help you in Philly, but on the 23rd in Pittsburgh, I am hosting Robyn Thompson for a free all day Flippin the Burg seminar sponsored by my REIA. 

I could not get any one to sponsor me for the licenses in my area because they knew I would be a competitor as soon as I finished the required two years.

Get a syndication attorney to help set up the proper agreements.The foreign investor will have currency exchange rates, withholding, and entity creation to think about.Whether you want to partner with them directly or have them be a completely passive investor with no control makes a difference.Bryan Hancock would be someone on here to run your scenario by.Doing a syndicate myself makes sense because of the returns I would get but putting all that together as a commercial broker transacting a 1 million dollar deal for 30k commission is not worth my time.I am looking at putting a few of these together myself.I want the setup to be ( sponsor fee 3% going in , 20% equity slice, cash flow percentage after investors are paid, and sponsor fee / commission of 3% when it sells ).I only would take exit fee if a profit was made on the project and take cash flow only after investors are paid first and reserves were in place.

Hello All,I'm new to bigger pockets and have mainly just been reading through other topics on here- but I finally decided to post.I'm a younger individual looking to get into the Real Estate game, I'm currently working on obtaining my Real Estate License and will be looking for an office to sponsor me shortly.

@Tim Waldorf the two biggest sponsors by volume are Inland and Passco.  

Cash flow & the appraisal are key, but the commercial financing institution will need to be very comfortable with the sponsor (i.e. you). 

Is there a certain approach I should take in finding a sponsoring broker, knowing I'm really only part time and have no interest in doing it full time? 

He and other lead sponsors in his group invest in Houston and several other markets in Texas and beyond.  

Most people I know who quit their W2 jobs, and these are not many, have a spouse through whom they get employer sponsored health insurance. 

It's just so unaffordable outside of employer-sponsored plans.