By doing so, they are no longer acting as an investment club in my eyes, they are a true syndicator that is trying to thinly veil themselves as something else, in order to not have to follow SEC rules. 

Hiring a good property management company who's on top of things, or ensuring you or someone else you hire put aside additional time for property inspections on a more consistent basis.

I went to Kent State with a bunch of guys from Youngstown, man they were something else! 

This gives much better diversification protection across geographies, asset types, strategies, investment subclasses etc. versus putting all the eggs into one basket.The downside is that it's not for everyone, and a person has to be comfortable with turning over control to someone else.

Just seeing who else is doing mid term rentals in Tucson AZ!

I understand the frustration of fixing other people's messes.

Then we committed to bank 10% of everything else (a tithe above a tithe I guess) and pray separately for places to give.   

For me if someone has a negative review I typically consider something else, if its positive then I would continue to do my own research but do not really go off of others.

During the pandemic, I was living in NYC paying $2000/ rent, and decided it was time to follow in my parent's footsteps and start to build some serious wealth rather than paying someone else's mortgage.

F-everyone else's end-point, it's your life were all just living in it, right.