With commercial office space starting to return, I am interested in establishing a syndication group that would be willing to invest capital into commercial office buildings.

Akron, while not a 24 hour city, is still a generally stable, established city.  

Establishing a good local team will be crucial for you. 

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How did you establish trust with your investors when you were starting out?

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You'll want to make sure that you use that new property long enough to establish that you had an investment intent and then changed that intent. 

Real estate investing has been a passion of mine for time with my mother also having invested early on where I likely have gotten the love and desire to follow similar foot steps.I have taken last 6 months to educate myself and currently own a single family home as primary residence and would like to expand to multi family properties (2-4 units) for additional stream of income, not to mention potential tax benefits for long-term investing.Based on current living situation, I have a fair amount of equity established in my primary residency along with having enough cash to either pay off house completely or use towards investing in a multi family property.Given that I'm the sole source of income for our household with my wife being the home maker for our two kids under 2, trying to weigh out risks with getting started now or perhaps waiting. 

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