I can recommend @Zach Smith at Cetan Funds for hard money and @Melissa Hartvigsen on the agent side (she has a lot of Beaverton experience).

She has a dozen or so properties in her personal name and said when they went to court the lawyer knew that , knew she didn’t have mortgages, the amount she had in her 401k and even mutual funds.

You can control a lot of aspects of the loan including LTV, length, type, and where to deploy the funds (BRRRR, flip, new construction).

Some groups seemed to be focused on using you as their cash cow to fund the organizers lifestyle. 

Typically: Pros: - Fully passive- Equity growth (hopefully) - Smooth process Cons: - No control- When they liquidate, you liquidate and need to 1031 again (usually they have other funds set up, however) - Make sure debt is rolled over correctly Hope this is helpful!

The other ones are into their Funds and from this experience, i dont have much hope to recover the initial capital.

Hard to argue selling the home and not having to worry about the gain.You can use 1/2 the funds towards your down payment of a personal residence and then still have enough funds to maybe buy 2-3 investment properties.

When she started to remodel, she realized the electricity needed to be updated and the current landlord didn't have the funds to cover.

A lot can be learned by reading books, watching online content, and learning as much as possible about raising and organizing money via a syndication or private fund. 

@Clay Hall, I like a HELOC on my primary residence as an emergency fund, and wish I’d had that extra money when I got started, simply as reserves.