While sophistication of your equity partners (private money lenders) will vary between residential and commercial, the principle of raising private capital is the same.You need to develop your own system which allows a constant stream of PML even when you don't need the funds and/or don't have an active deal under contract.For example; I raise private capital by offering free educational workshops for people with self-directed IRAs.

I say that because every decent legit place I know of in market, yes offers the option of doing just tenant placement, for self-managing. 

You can read the full story in our self storage post for that location.  

We own over 100 units in San Diego and have always self-managed. 

It's technically avoidant of advertising or self-promotion, but it always is blatant self-promotion opportunity.

Hello Sean,I would consider looking into Self-Directed IRAs. 

Most people self exclude themselves. 

.: I am not going to express an opinion on whether being on a single platform can improve your ranking because i really d not know and admit you may be right.  

You cannot go after them as for a regulation a+ offering is self attestation (meaning you are attesting that you are not putting in more than 10%).

So, it's not like Scott had devised some extra default prone strategy to troll gullible fools, while making all his money teaching noobs to self-destruct.