The truth is if your investors have no involvement in the operations, If they just put in money and expect to get a profit, you have created a de facto syndication.2) I see a ton of people who just raise money for the syndication. 

Spend a year learning and going to meetups before you fork over a $50-$100k franchise fee and half of your profits and don't even know what you are doing.

First, I’m not really seeing enough cushion in certain popular areas for investors to realistically hit a 30% profit margin.

Credit Rating/Bank Statements/Tax Returns: Specify your requirements, if important to you.Purchase Criterion: How do you define a good deal, which will be profitable for your borrower and safe for you?

Angel investors might be interested, but you'll likely have to give up a portion of the ownership or future profits, and there could be potential complications in managing the investor's expectations and involvement.

@Nate McCarthyProfit Splits and Contributions:Dividing profits proportionally to investment (2:1:1) is common, but you could also account for sweat equity if one party is doing more work.

If your investment is still profitable with the increase, then press ahead.

From what it looks like builder does not want to take a loss and what to negotiate sale where they do not take a loss even profit, since they are selling improved lots. 

If you make it to Memphis, we invest pretty heavily in the youth club game down here and our non-profit, Cancer Kickers Soccer Club, is the first non-profit to be on the jersey of a professional soccer team, 901 FC of the USL. 

So, you invested $10K, and now you've collected $116,161.92, a "profit" of $106,161.92!