Despite paying a substantial fee, I found that beyond basic instructional videos and repetitive weekly calls, there was little substance to aid my learning.

Of course, there are a few guys backed by hedge funds with basically unlimited budgets. 

I would just point out that when you get involved with syndications as a LP, you are basically handing over your money and crossing your fingers that the guys you are hooking up with are honest, fair, and will take care of you well.  

Hi Everyone, Very basic question, how do I get started in Commercial properties?

My client i funded and partnered with then went on to tell me its Clay and Clay in that area is in big demand to be used to line ponds etc as the basic soil in the area is very sandy and wont hold water..

Gap lending can be done as an equity partner but to lending in second position for an interest rate is basically RE  Russian roulette and the pistol has 5 live rounds instead of just one..

RealityThis investor is basically going to lose it all.

It was basically a plea for help.

The responses from some Real Estate “professionals” in this thread explains why real estate agents and representatives wear the badge of honor of being nosey, careless, borderline illegal and non-compliant with the most basic regulations and elemental  ethics.

The basics are I would rent a number of units from the syndication LLC, would be responsible for management and expenses (ie utilities), and then I would keep a portion of the profit (basically my upside for managing the mid term rental units) and the other portion of the profit would go to the syndication LLC which now gets over market rent.