That is a great way to expand into unfamiliar territory where you normally would have to take a greater risk working with new relationships.  

In order to best serve my investing partners by minimizing risk and increasing the capacity for deals, I am now strongly considering pooling resources and opening up a Private Equity Fund.This is new territory for me and I am wondering if anyone has any experience starting or being involved with a Private Equity Fund?

The area North of I-91 and south of the green seems more promising, and it gets harder to work it for college students as you fade out up Dixwell/Prospect/Whalley Ave with the exception of perhaps Dixwell as it eventually runs into SCSU territory. 

First Hawaiian Bank, Bank of Hawaii, Territorial Savings, American Savings Bank, etc.. 

It’s essentially local knowledge and local support that you can count on that extends to most counties in the Northern New York territory.

You don't; need a whole book really- all you need is:1) Figure out your income tax bracket 2) What Jurisdiction offer the right Tax Incentives that will drop your tax rate3) How to set up the right entity in that jurisdiction4) How to legally route the money through that entity through "form and substance" as approved by the IRS5) Get the right attorneys to set you up 6) Get the right Tax Advisors to file your taxes and voila you can go like me from over 40% in Tax per year (because I make a substantial income from rental and flipping) to 15% flat due to some tax incentives being offered by Congress through the US territory of Puerto Rico.

@Jason Eberhardt Now you are crossing the line and getting into the territory of issuing illegally unregistered securities to persons that possibly aren't accredited investors; a violation of federal and possibly state securities laws -- way to go!

This is completely new territory for me, but seems like the path I need to go down next.  

Mismanaged or distressed comes with the territory by nature when youre trying to push up the cap rate.  

However with such little down in this market I'd be way into negative cash flow territory.