I'm an equity partner on four different apartment complexes and have learned a lot from talking with and observing the lead investor (i.e. syndicator) about raising capital and investor relations by being in those deals.If you are fortunate enough to find a mentor, it would be wise to find someone with integrity, who has multiple SUCCESSFUL deals under their belt and believes in consistent and clear communication with their investors. 

We will have heavy surveillance with video cameras on 30 foot poles in multiple locations.

I am currently building a property and realized that that taxes from the sale are going to be substantial so I considered doing a 1031 then getting into multiple smaller properties then rent them out. 

With funds, your money is tied up longer (3+ years) and depending on the fund could have multiple assets in the fund to reduce individual asset risk.

(My commercial deals are typically 5-30 unit buildings, not multiple hundred unit complexes)Some LOI terms to includePrice, transfer taxes, concessions, contingencies, study period, closing date.

We tried to talk multiple times and calmed things down eventually.

What is annoying is you cannot combine the name and multiple numbers in REIReply.

There are multiple ways in order to offer a seller financed deal enticing terms to get them to back off the rate.What if the financer is not the owner, How do you make the deal enticing for a non traditional lender in order to drop their rate. 

What’s a good rule of thumb to follow when starting a business or owning multiple properties for how much you should set cash aside to go towards the mortgage, expenses, emergencies and paying yourself?

My wife and I understand that we could give our home to an adult child when we pass away and that our adult child would pay no capital gains taxes on it.But, we have multiple rental properties owned by our LLC and we want to give each our 7 children a property when we pass away.