So, obtain sufficient insurance if you don't have an LLC. 

Your primary insurance policy with $300,000 in liability coverage should be sufficient in 99.999% of all lawsuits.5.

While it only returns 5.23% currently, it provides a great cushion allowing sufficient time to wait out a crash without having to resort to selling properties at inopportune times - at fire sale prices.5- I keep a large part of my portfolio in high yielding notes secured by real property - and while I want every loan to make payments as agreed, my experience indicates that a certain percentage will default with me owning the property during periods of economic contraction.

So the 1% rule which is a unicorn find in San Diego is not sufficient to have positive cash flow at high LTV.  

Each one you own gives you some quantity of positive cash flow, plus tax write offs, plus mortgage pay-down / equity gain.  

While I have sufficient liquid cash on hand, I prefer to maintain liquidity as I'm actively seeking my next deal.

And it's the job of the investor to make the choice that's best for them.And yes, it's 100% true that many of those aggressive syndications also suffer from lack of sufficient transparency (and I personally find that unacceptable).

BP library gives a huge boost into the knowledge area which is pretty much sufficient to get comfortable in investing and help find a sweet spot where you could use your background to shift the area. 

Would help if DSCR is >1.25x, a credit >760 and if willing to do a 5/5/5/5/5 prepay instead of 5/4/3/2/1 So basically any 50%LTV/DSCR 1.25 is sufficient to get the best rate.Don’t you think with the rate this good , all MF syndication that near the 5 year balloon repayment from commercial loan , could just switch to 30 year fixed-rate HML loan ?

You may also find certain markets where alternative rent strategies (MTR, STR, rent by room, etc) produce enough extra income to justify the increased work involved but the difference in income from the different rent strategies in many markets is just sufficient to justify the increase in effort involved.$100k is going to be challenging in coastal CA cities.