Because tenants tend to be really stable, they are easy to manage though so they can still make sense for someone looking to park money into real estate with the least amount of hassle (property funds itself, tenants pay off mortgage over time but little to no cash flow).  

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).

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. 

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. 

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 difficulty in finding tenants is determined by the desirability of the location, the property itself, and the amount of rent you're charging relative to other rentals in the area.

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.