I'm uncertain about pricing 3x the neighborhood average, but I keep seeing it done on occasion.

I've asked my attorney on several occasions to confirm that I am able to write a personal check (from a personal checking account) to fund these syndication investments and still be able to use my trust. 

As note holders we have done this on many occasions when we were in the process of taking back a property deed-in-lieu of.

When I was a practicing Realtor, there were a few occasions where my clients really needed the credit repair help so they had been referred to a credit repair person by one of my "Go To” & trusted lenders.

@angie there are occasions where there are legit concerns and I'm fine with that.

We did inspect the property on several occasions initially, but haven't visited in recent weeks. 

If I lived in Longmont, I wouldn't drive to Boulder or Denver to go out at night other than special occasions. 

So many occasions they spoke to me and my children as we were all close knitted neighborhood.

I have on a rare occasion seen 18 months or even 24 but not typical.

We went with it.  20 years amortization is typically the max, though I have seen some go 25 year on occasion.4) Less paperwork up front, but your bank may require you to submit yearly PFS (personal financial statements, pronounced "PIFFS") listing all of your assets, accounts, real estate owned, loans owed, etc.