We were tempted to glue down vinyl plank (we had luck with pressure sensitive glue in another rental), but it seems like that will require us to add a subfloor.

But I know I will invest in a syndication and this would be my criteria, along with some other questions once they have met my standards with what I mentioned above.preferably, you'd like to see that the sponsors have been through the last downturnit's easier to have good returns in an upswingthe longer the track record of the promoter, the bettermostly, you need to see that their numbers are conservative and make sensesome of them even do a sensitivity analysis, but at least they should have a best-middle-worst case scenario described

This model is well suited for a portfolio with one or two relatively static assets such as private placements, crowdfunds, etc.If your interest is investments that are more time-sensitive and transaction intensive over time, such as direct ownership of a rental property, then you will want to look into a specialty provider that offers a Checkbook IRA LLC or Solo 401(k) program. 

If there's a hole, it may be a red flag.b) sensitivity analysis: I examine all the assumptions, and make sure I can live with the worst case scenarios.c) "Stall and see": if they are getting money over multiple years, and there is no penalty for investing later, I would usually wait so I get some real performance data, versus having to look at theoretical pro forma information.d) Recession stress test: I will not invest in anything, until I subject it to recession level stress and see if I can live with the result.

This market is very important as usually very sensitive to appreciation/depreciation.Also, there are more intermediate data that show that we may not even recession at all.

Really enjoying reading your thread interesting opinions, and thoughtful comments. yes, spillover effect.Both real estate and tech sector is extremely sensitive to cheap money policy.

Interesting how sensitive al lot of the CA investors are.  

San Franciso is going to be ultra sensitive to interest rates as well.  

To sign up with them requires both myself and tenant submit sensitive information like SSN/TIN and bank/routing.  

Otherwise, as a data holder, via landlord business, you now become responsible for PII data which can open risk to identify theft liability or other issues related to handling PII sensitive data.