I do understand that comparing San Diego RE to Ohio RE is an apples vs oranges comparison.  

Just like if you were picking a mutual fund in a 401k instead of direct investing into say, Apple or Tesla, real estate syndications can offer some great advantages for the busy professional when it comes to real estate investing.

Apple, Google, Xerox, Fuji film, and Meta are all coming into the area. 5k people a month move to the area which has created a housing shortage, rent spikes, major appreciation (not just due to inflation) and you can still find single family homes for sale on the MLS in good condition for ~250k+ Tenant-landlord laws are landlord-friendly and taxes are low.

It's very easy to end up underwater if you buy in one neighborhood thinking the prices are apples to apples next to another.

We have big tech like Apple, Amazon, Meta, and Google heading over here soon so it's only going to grow from here.

But Call Rail's $30 product mentioned above is not an apples to apples comparison.

In hindsight, that was a good bet as rents have appreciated quite a bit since, and Apple built the Spaceship there.My partner and I just completed this strategy last week.

Good warning - there is a lot of variability out there with hard money lenders (and by that I mean that a lot of scammers/bad apples out there), quick perusal of their website shows no google reviews and their social buttons (facebook, twitter) were dead links - IMO in this day and age you should never go with a lender that doesn't have a rock solid reputation and track record that can be confirmed with a 5-minute google search and perusal

Luckily, there are some good apples in the pond.

I was looking for a new financial/real estate podcast on Apple, and BP was one of the first that came up!