Whether you've lent money for an individual project, or you've invested in some sort of fund / group, I'd like to hear about your experience! 

For this reason, I teach people to set policies for renting to unrelated individuals.

Are they just going to teach me things I could learn here or other resources?

Maintenance at at PM company or one of the big hedge owners like AH4R, leasing at apartment complex will teach you a lot about applications, fraud, leases, collections, evictions. 

Nouveau Riche is the same even though I don’t think it is a true pyramid (not too sure though) they get you interested by advertising “RE investor looking for apprentice: 20,000.00†If you take the ad at face value one would be led to believe the “investor†was going to pay you a salary to help him with his business and teach you the ropes.

Most of the large lenders have affiliate programs and will teach you for free to represent them.

I also agree that there have been so many syndicators who's deals have dried up and they have resorted to teaching/mastermind as a source of income. 

Building a team is something after you build the skills yourself, then teach them to other people to leverage more and more.

Hello, my name is Marshal, and I’m excited to connect with this community of like-minded individuals passionate about real estate.

It's really up to the individual investor (and their coach who helps them create their criteria and decision-making process.)