On October 30, 2014 the SEC finally passed to implement the new Crowdfunding Rules that will allow syndicators to use internet marketing to attract non-accredited, less sophisticated investors to invest in their projects. 

For example: - You will be exposed to much more sophisticated marketing (We usually only do bandit signs and craigslist) - You'll be better trained on leasing and fair housing.  

The sophistication of your deals will be directly related to the level of education/experience you amass over the years.

Capital of that nature is much more sophisticated than the post alludes.  

The dollar value of the risk will depend on the sophistication of the buyer and the seller and the market conditions. 

Don't believe everything you read ... by and large, making money with zero down is a bunch of guru hype to lure in newbies that are not financially sophisticated enough to recognize the dangers of attempting to do this.

While I am sophisticated enough of an investor to accept risk and losses, others familiar with tax lien investing indicate it should have been easy for them to predict that many of those liens would become worthless.

The 'sophistication' with SFRs can get overblown.  

Everyone seems to be getting all sophisticated about asset protection in SFRs and are blind to this cost and many others.What's not factored in to the rental calculator in your example is the true IRR.  

@Bob Malecki - Would love to hear any thoughts or suggestions or more insightful or sophisticated or experienced ways to think about this, but I have to make some assumptions about all those variables and the math tells me it's better to hold in personal name and protect with insurance than to take options 1, 2 or 3.