Main reason why I am a little skeptical is because I have had experience with companies that offer to find a "best lender" similar to bankrate.

Although as @Drew Sygit asks, what have those PMs that pledged to do it better now learned that may bring them back into line with main stream service providers? 

Id say the main question here to decide if there is a conflict of interest.....is the person saying buy rentals....are they buying rentals themselves?

There are two main ways to utilize this exemption.

On the other hand, I feel one of the main advantages of passive investments (via syndication/crowdfunding) is that I can hire a manager who has years more experience than I can ever hope to obtain myself.

While not my main area of practice I represented a Brooklyn credit union lender, some buyers/sellers and a few landlords in real estate transactions and rent arrears cases.While we had successes and some failures along the way I ultimately concluded that I wanted to do something different with my life and cashed out of the business.

On the main floor I'm going to redo the kitchen and bath, again this was my first Reno so everything was poorly done.

If cash flow is the main goal, there are many other markets to consider before San Diego.

I'm a fellow real estate investor and I own properties throughout New Hampshire and Maine Southern Coast, I'd love to connect and bounce ideas off each other. 

I mainly wanted to know if other investors in syndications were experiencing the same thing.