But I exited that position and now stick with dollars and gold for my "cash" position to keep things simple.

If you're not in financial position to live these rules, that's ok, it is important to start thinking these rules, living them in thought.

never heard of them looking at their website they show the owners etc.

@Shibashis Dutta Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods - some you want to invest in, some you don't.We've got them all on our website and have info on ranking them.What else are you looking for?

@Parker PattschullI would never trust website contact forms as 90% of them are faulty and never make it to where they need to.

I am eager to learn more from actual experience, not just books and websites!   

I was going to use the “find a lender” feature on this website but I’m Canadian so it doesn’t look like it’s open to us. 

They are cash flow positive and have over 1B in assets ( net is close to 350million ) I’m only thinking that the seller wanted to make it attractive to sell his building having no renewal option which can give some leverage to new owner.

Let's flip this to a more positive note; What are the hallmarks of a GOOD GP/Syndicator?

These are the first things I look at.Lastly if someone is advertising on BP, it’s not a bad or good thing - all it means when someone advertises on BP or pays BP to be promoted it just means they paid to be on the website.