I love your first idea, but that won't work for my situation. 

What are lower down payment options for this situation? 

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books on this topic, or you can learn about it by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

There's also some that I'm very happy with.When vetting a syndication, every investor will do it differently because every investor has a different risk tolerance, comes from a different financial situation and has different financial goals.

I agree with Nathan for his situation of owning 12 properties, but for someone just getting started I wouldn't suggest getting locked in with the one-time fee.

That’s what I would and have done in your similar situation. 

Apartments paid it out and came after me about it.Fortunately the tenant wasn't a huge problem and paid it back on the 1st (i told apartments they could just wait and get over it), but I could easily see it could have ended up more like your situation.

It’s all about solving problems and creating win-win situations.

I have been running numbers lately, and that range seems to work best for my situation.

I just subscribed to Pro, but I seem to have 2 different accounts: one for this part of the site and another for the store.