I've read the BiggerPockets e-book, "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing," in its entirety.

@Ryan Phelps, I'd gladly take a free 25% equity stake to lend private funds, but as @Curt Davis mentions, you'd still need to pay by the entirety of the loan I gave.Both parties should draw up the loan documents using an attorney. 

My tenants are awesome and I want them to stay the entirety of the loan

Having said that if you are that concerned you should consider running it by an attorney so you completely understand not just that phrase but the entire contract in it's entirety.

If your goal is to transfer the entirety of the funds into a bigger property, it might make more sense to remove your tax liability via the above strategy rather than 1031ing and kicking the tax liability down the road.

Of course, there are lots of contingencies in place in syndications, but if you aren’t prepared to lose your investment in its entirety and be okay financially, then syndications may not be your jam...yet.

@Zachary JensenI didn’t spin through the entirety of this.

The policy grows tax free, not deferred, for the entirety of its existence.

The appraisal wouldn't really dictate the entirety of the loan amount either (highest leverage) Do we have a lease that provides a large enough debt service ratio? 

So even if the entirety of that policy-set was suspended tomorrow, at least a year of additional momentum is built into the system.