Quote from @Bill H Reed: Have a question regarding this topic..I have several mobile homes in Tennessee and there's a large pasture behind them which has a lot of field mice and they have a tendency to get in the house there's no way to stop this..

Seems to me that if an investor considering syndicates who does not have experience or contact with syndicators would do well to join with a group of investors experienced in investing in syndications and pay the membership fee to “ride” the knowledge of experienced investors in this field.  

Quote from @Benoit David: Hi Jonathan, After a long career in the Pharma industry, I finally jumped out to start my real estate business.

Becoming an Agent sounds like a good idea, but is that a career you want to do?

(Only if you are SERIOUS about real estate as your wealth/career vehicle.)Make sure you join a brokerage that is large, established, and has a reputation for top performance and excellent training.Once you learn the basics and get out into the field to see the state of the market, you'll learn the price points and be able to know a good/great deal when you stumble across it.I have made some of my best (most lucrative) buys from meeting with a seller who wants to list, and when we discussed the price, I knew it fit my parameters, so I bought it! 

New Career?

It might make more sense to just keep the rate, rent it out, save $30-35k, increase your income through a promotion or find another field and work for 2 years or more,  and buy another primary with a conventional loan. 

A nice potential boost for downtown Louisville. 

We fee like a conservative approach will let us go through the growing pains of better understanding real estate investing without the worry of being over leveraged to add to the stress while we are both still employed full time in our careers and do not plan on quitting our jobs to go fully into real estate. 

there's no reason to partner that early in your career and give up equity - equity is the most valuable part of investing.