This is not overly common, but if you have a concern the worst they can say is no. 4.

It's common practice in Europe, Canada, Australia but almost unheard of here in the US.

I still have clients buying in Vegas, but it's not as common due to cashflows being hard to come by with the traditional 25% down financing.  

Multifamily is the most common one, but some groups also do self-storage facilities, student housing, commercial properties, and others.3. 

The city screwed up and liened Direct Charges on the common area which has an assessed value placeholder of $1. 

I know that it's common with Turnkey companies to overvalue their properties. 

Illegal basement units seem to be very common in this area.

You're making a fairly common mistake of designing your castle when you haven't even learned how to build a chicken coop.

Fixed rates are very common for note funds.

I have not reviewed BAM's fees but it's likely based on their representation of UNDER 10% "skin in the game" that most of their "investment" is taken from fees deducted from the money gamblers place with them and counted as equity in the deal; this is a common practice in the syndication industry.