I went into a market too fast and backed out before I made a mess of things, but the experience got me started networking in the area in a big way, and it has done much to accelerate my comfort with the market, and now I have people to contact for information about a prospect, like real estate agents, as well as local turnkey companies and property managers.

They get equity, they're part of the new LLC (created specifically for that one property), they get quarterly member disbursements, tax benefits (which can be quite massive as we've started doing cost segregation studies right from the start - basically you get an accelerated depreciation schedule which offsets most if not all income the property throws off in the first few years), principal pay down on the bank loan and any appreciation (which on my deals I don't rely on market appreciation, I create it through forced appreciation - improvements, higher rents, lower costs etc). 

I think I have decided I want to do cost seg studies on my portfolio to accelerate depreciation. 

Getting the right mentor will definitely help you accelerate it!

can anyone share info on good reading/info on MF syndication that'll help me accelerate my understanding on this,  like a webinar or overview information on GP,LP, Co-GP, sponsoring and structuring syndication deals, raising capital funding etc for 100+unit deals or even hotel to MF value add conversion.

That team didn't fall apart because they figured out I was 17, but that accelerated it.

Can I use cost seg studies to accelerate depreciation and offset my personal taxes?

Connecting with local professionals is what helped accelerate my REI journey.

Had properties with depreciation of 15 years accelerated under Reagan, then 27.5 years after that, so I had properties with depreciation accounts of various lengths over the years.In recent years, on one occasion told me I can charge off items that I was thought I could depreciate, and several years ago, installed new AC's and he charged off 50% the 1st year and the rest over 5 years.

If you think you will go FHA, 203k, etc. and then Quit Claim the property, to a LLC, or a Land Trust you run the risk of the lender discovering a Title Transfer occurred and activating the "Acceleration Clause" or "Due on Sale Clause" that requires the loan to be paid in full, within 'x' number of days.