Rate is but a factor and is easily offset by many other actions that you can take as an investor.  

Also looking into title insurance through quite title action. 

The more actions you take of course the more money you will save but it will take more time, effort and energy while there is a learning curve which often times can be pretty steep in this industry. 

Whats the best course of action?

I would try to network with other MTR landlords in the area to determine best course of action 

If there is evidence of intentional destruction of the property, you can call local police authorities, but in my experience, they do not get involved in any situation that "smell" of civil action; they will simply tell you that it is a civil matter. 

Being able to pick their brains is always helpful, both their successes, red flags, war stories, etc.And as Jonathan mentioned, the very first step of actually taking action is knowing how much money you have to allocate to buying a property, fixing up a property (if needed) and how much a bank will lend to you.  

Just keep learning (podcasts, books, meetups, etc.) and be sure to take action when the opportunity arises

Only violate this rule after you’ve had SIGNIFICANT personal experience with the particular syndicator. 4- if you can’t afford to lose capital invest in Vanguard Money Market Fund instead of real estate As for “calling out” syndicators who don’t want to engage with the investors whose money they accepted, and want to threaten legal action against those same investors, it would be GREAT to expose them and hopefully make it impossible for them to continue syndicating. 

I think it's always deals first- no one will take you seriously as an investor or syndicator if all you do is tell them about your ideas, people want to see action.