They could get a risk free return by investing in T-bills, so the delta between that RFR and what you're offering needs to be rewarding enough for them to pursue it.As for the 2nd part of your question, that really is a mystery :)The low interest rate environment always leads to these folks misleading people and mismatching deal operations, and sometimes even defaulting on the property and losing it altogether.Probably because a bunch of these syndicators want to be cool Instagram/TikTok influencers and throw up their arms and talk about how many doors they own, but what do I know lol. 

-Often a persons last years are in assisted living, a nursing home, or with their children, so I could take possession of the home (and generate profit from it) sooner than the persons death.Potential risk that I can think of:-Higher out-of-pocket costs/negative initial cash flow with delayed financial reward. 

The biggest reward of owning and managing vacation rentals is much greater than financial; the friendships I have made with people around the country are priceless.  

Treat appreciation for what it is: a possible reward for an investment done right."

Why is it greedy that a seller takes a risk and wants to reap the full rewards, but it's not greedy for a buyer to expect the seller to pay someone to negotiate against a seller? 

that said I have basically done what your talking about I personally could have hoarded and saved and so on and so forth .. but I chose to live in the Jet age and to me spending money on travel and experiences was as rewarding as what others are saving for to try to quit their day jobs.. but again I have been a real estate sales/broker since 18 so I have never worked for anyone anyway..

This approach involves actively investing money to generate returns instead of letting it sit idle, potentially offering a more dynamic and rewarding financial strategy.Cardone also emphasizes, "Cash flow is king.

And exciting and for the very few that can pull it off can be quite financially rewarding.. you don't need architect type skills that's not needed until your actually going to build in most cases.. what you need is land planning Zoning city politics and it helps to understand basic underground construction .. but you don't need to be an engineer or especially an Architect to pull these deals off..

Risk reward. this was 2005.. 

They're also high risk, high reward.