Move on to the more sophisticated questions and provide insight or value to those.

For others reading this in the same situation as me, there are a LOT of syndicators out there that also work with "sophisticated investors", which many of us with a moderate amount of real estate experience might qualify for.

A Controller is performing a more sophisticated role that often requires a strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principals, uses high-level financial reporting and analytical skills, and often complex accounting systems.2.

I would assume most owners are fairly sophisticated sellers and would not sell without making their desire to sell public.

IMO, only 5% of the members on this site have the experience, availability to money, knowledge and sophistication in doing these installment contracts that will win over an institutional lender.Most all are to lazy to learn, looking for guru crap and whiz-bang deals.I spent 20+ years fixing crap financing dreamed up by people who thought they knew what they were doing, still do, these folks are a real problem and much of the reason for the new laws.

We've seen it help beginners as well as experienced, sophisticated investors working with everything from a rental condo to a regional shopping center.

Being polite usually works :) You can always switch gears and go down to another level, it's much harder to start out making first contact as being simple minded and later guide them into a more sophisticated transaction, pointing out tax benefits, interest alternatives and advising while you negotiate.

I have noticed that the "sales systems" for these real estate to riches programs are much more sophisticated than ever before.  

They all just wanted to know how much they could get for their property.I’m sure distressed multi-family owners are out there when the market’s hot, but obviously they will be much farther and fewer between than distressed SFR owners, both because there are so many more SFR owners and because multi-family owners, in general, are more sophisticated real estate-wise than SFR owners, most of whom aren’t investors at all.Maybe I didn’t spend enough on marketing or didn’t know what I was doing or how to negotiate, but that was just my experience.

But, it is a more sophisticated approach that also requires an understanding of finance, credit, legal and mortgages.