Lastly, if you still decide syndications are appealing, get educated on how to vet the lead sponsor (including deep background checks), the market, and the deal itself (even though some concepts are similar, it is not the same as the single family long term rental analysis).

Not sure how one would make money on this. they are following the buy high sell low concept of investing. !!

I love the concept especially given the need in your market for storing things like snow machines, boats, rvs etc, but also for repair or general "fab shops".As long as you are seeing the demand in your specific market for these spaces, and perhaps its worth getting some leases signed up prior to breaking ground but thats a personal preference thing, I think the numbers look promising if the use case is there.

Problem: Not having a mentor - piggybacking on the concept of an accountability partner, most people underestimate the value of a mentor.

It's not a real common concept here in DFW area, but I love it.Buyers have no downtime, no rent rate risk, lower vacancy risk, potentially instant cash flow day 1. 

As we work in Chicago, we structure our agreement around these concepts.

I love the concept. 

Ok, wow....I actually love all of those concepts.

New concept to me--What does the timeline look like on a reverse 1031 exchange?

All of these are legitimate tax concepts.