@Melanie P.Thank you for your response.I agree with you there are a LOT of garbage syndications out there and I know a lot of people that have been burned by them. 

This added so much to the overall cost and took up more of my time than I expected.Overall, it was a huge waste of time, money, and energy.

Instead of 40 houses cash flowing $200 each or $8000/month, you buy 10 houses and pay them off for a cash flow of $10,000/month with 1/4th the headache.People don't understand the amount of time, energy, and stress involved with managing a lot of doors, especially if they are lower-class properties typically needed to generate cash flow.

@Ben LeybovichI think in the perfect world, new investors would spend enough time and energy learning how to analyze properties themselves, what the various calculations mean, etc.

I would argue that they are young so they haven't been burned by bad landlords or even know how to take advantage of the system.

What I do have is relentless energy, focus, and the drive to succeed in real estate.I’m diving headfirst into multi-family and commercial real estate because I know this is where true wealth is built.

There is a tremendous amount of energy around the long term prospects for the Cape. 

Strategies that use hope, is how people get burned, bad. 

If you’re trying to do everything yourself that is a sure fire way to burn out.

But don’t worry they burn their employees just as badAs they’re investors.