Also, haven't yet read it myself, but have heard a lot of folks recommend It's a Whole New Business by Gene Trowbridge.

Gene Guarino is THE man to talk to about getting started.

Principals of Real Estate Syndication by Samuel Freshman It's a Whole New Business by Gene TrowbridgeThere are also a ton of podcasts that talk a lot about syndication, as well as articles and forums on BPhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/...https://www.biggerpockets.com/...https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

Since then I've been devouring the podcasts and forum discussions like fat kid in a Twinkie factory.I'm ready to get out of analysis paralysis and take my first steps towards achieving my financial goals, so I'm sure you'll see me around here more often.  

@J M Dejean@Jorge Leon Jr@Gene Guarino@Lee BellThanks for your thoughts!

Trying to find a portfolio lender is one big, fat, hairy frog for me. 

Sometimes it's unavoidable, but you can definitely minimize it by being really comfortable with your original plan, and where you will cut the fat when (not if) you need to.Then, the construction loan is only very short term so you need to make sure you have solid contractor who can get things done on a timeline.

We use Gene Keyser of Charleston Saltwater Realty for our flat-fee listings on our investment properties.  

This will involve more overhead and more risk as the cash flow won't be as fat. if your goal is to keep things simple with very low risk, it's a great idea to pay properties down as fast as possible and buy the next a little while later. growing faster usually means Slimmer margins on each deal but more deals coming in and in the long run a bigger snowball at the bottom of the hill.

Hopefully you have built up a nice fat list of rehab buyers to wholesale to.