Even as my portfolio grew exponentially, my work/life balance continued to improve. 

I'll continue to make it clear that I won't bend on rent collection while being nice & sympathetic.

But when it's equity gains, no tax, only at time of sale and if you 1031 Uncle Sam let's you continue to use that tax-$ for investing purposes.

You're first deal is never your "best deal", but is likely your "most important" deal if you continue to invest.

They have noted who they invested with and several of these sponsors used to be huge contributors to a BP and now have gone completely dark on their investors or but continue to pump out podcast episodes and speaking engagements… So my question is: is it that bad out there in the syndication space?

Interest rates atm seem quite high so will ride this out a bit longer (and ratios will continue to improve over time.) 

They had caught some trespassers.We have continued to upgrade our security systems as capabilities have increased and costs have decreased.  

They will continue to get 360 month loans for the 'cash flow'.

If you have a good relationship then they would be willing to answer questions but if you are just going to ask a bunch of questions they won't continue to answer.

My goal is to continue to buy 3-4 condos like this one and use the snowball strategy to pay off these condos quickly so I can build up my passive income(ideally $20k+ a year from 1 paid off condo).