. -- For me, if you ask any legitimate operator out there, if they tell you they have money falling from the sky, that would be shocking.

Make sure you don’t fall for it! 

In return we get use of a house in the Hamptons with the traveling owner while teaching nearby for the fall.

Debt if used responsibly is a valuable tool but to say debt will always multiply returns is the wrong message to spread in these forums where there's a ton of readers who are inexperienced investors and will fall for the trap of following your flawed approach to originating debt.If you need additional help understanding how debt works in real estate, please send me a DM and I would be happy to help you out.

I've communicated with them if one member leaves, then the rent will fall on the shoulders of the other 2. 

For example, if I were to stop renting out a portion of the home, and live in the entire home for the year before sale, would that allow the entirety of the profits to fall under the 250k tax free limit?

It often depends on the definition of the zoning classifications within each city; based on the below info, I'm not sure which zoning classification a duplex would fall into.

If the syndication falls under one of these exemptions, it may not appear in the SEC Edgar database.Not a Publicly Traded Company: The SEC Edgar database primarily contains filings from publicly traded companies and entities offering securities to the public.

D Class stuff and you'll run into lots of trouble and fall into what I call the "return trap". 

Here's some info about what's happening in Metro Detroit recently, By the way, no one else is committed enough to gather & share this type of info about their marketplace with supporting proof.Volkswagen Scout Brand investing $11M in Detroit, 200 new jobshttps://www.teslarati.com/volkswagen-scout-11-million-detroit-investment/Hotel Added to Hudson Site, total over $1.4Bhttps://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2023/11/02/hudsons-site-hotel-plans-move-ahead-as-city-issues-permit/71426631007/Detroit west side Dexter Neighborhood Receives $21.5Mhttps://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/11/01/neighborhood-on-detroits-west-side-receives-more-than-215m-in-investments/Norway’s Nel Hydron investing $400M, 517 new jobshttps://businessfacilities.com/nel-hydrogen-will-build-400m-gigafactory-in-southeast-michigan#:~:text=In%20Southeast%20Michigan-,Nel%20Hydrogen%20Will%20Build%20%24400M%20Gigafactory%20In%20Southeast%20Michigan,green%20hydrogen%20using%20electrolyzer%20technology.Chase invests $200M in Detroithttps://www.axios.com/2023/09/28/detroit-rebound-jp-morgan-investmentGilbert Foundation invests $439M in Detroithttps://www.henryfordmsu.org/news/september-2023/gilbert-family-foundation-announces-nick-gilbert-neurofibromatosis-research-instituteBollinger Motors investing $44M, 237 new jobshttps://michauto.org/bollinger-motors-plans-44m-metro-detroit-investment/15 New Detroit Developments to Be Excited Abouthttps://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/15-new-detroit-developments-to-be-excited-about-photos/Slideshow/32734721/32735392BorgWarner Investing $20.6M, 186 new jobshttps://www.crainsdetroit.com/auto-suppliers/borgwarner-invest-206-million-create-186-jobs3 International Companies Choose Detroithttps://www.detroitregionalpartnership.com/international-investment-comes-to-detroit-region/District Detroit $1.5B Development, 12,000 temp jobs, 6,000 new jobshttps://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2022/11/15/district-detroit-1-5b-development-to-include-housing-retail-hotels/69649853007/6 New Residential Developments in Detroithttps://detroitisit.com/6-new-residential-developments-in-detroit-to-know-about/$2.5B New Center by Henry Ford Health, Pistons owner and Michigan State Universityhttps://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/02/08/incredible-investment-in-our-city-25b-detroit-neighborhood-redevelopment-to-begin-in-2024/$300M Huntington Place Renovations & New Detroit Hotel https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/huntington-place-renovations-new-hotel-deal-reachedYou'll also want to be careful about falling for the misleading "let me help you by sharing my story" posts of members like Joseph Bui, who are really just trying to entice you to contact them so they can sell you properties.We are very open that we're here to get people interested in our Detroit market to do win-win transactions:)