The fund's sponsor then directs all of the fund's operations, including property management.

When commercial lenders are evaluating a first-time CRE investor, they like when the sponsor is within driving distance of their first investment, so pat-on-the-back for staying local on deal one, it makes it a more prudent transaction for all involved. 

I'm very conservative and want conservative leverage percentages, long-term fixed rate loans, high skin in the game and sponsor that has experienced at least one full real estate cycle and lost little to no investor money.

We work with them as a sponsor, and they are good to work with.

Contrast that with what happened after I subscribed to IL: I was flooded with a constant flow of emails trying to sell me something.What they mightn't tell you in the articles is the commissions they might get from the developers/sponsors of the deals they advertise.

That's why I mentioned using that as the sponsoring business of the solo 401k.  

Only the bill's sponsor supported it.

My goal is to find a sponsoring broker for doing investment deals in New Jersey and New York.

Main clause for H1-B is you should not work full time other than your H1b Sponsor.

However, there might be some value in just passively investing in someone else's deal with a friendly sponsor and then asking to "tag along" for the experience.