I've worked in property management for 2 years now and it's really helped me gain a better understanding of the industry, and has been helpful studying for my broker's exam as I've encountered many examples of items I'm now formally learning about. 

I believe the syndications would be standard multi family and industrial investments that provide a K-1.

That other 30% is what you need to get financing and it is an industry standard safety margin for a flip.  

What are some industry standards that I can apply to these areas when evaluating properties?

The biggest factor or problem that I see is that sometimes people don't set their sights high enough, they get lost in the details worrying more about $$$ versus %, or they shoot for an industry versus the product. 

Hello, new member here. Looking to get into some small multi-family as soon as possible. Just got into a new job 6-7months ago(in real-estate Acquisitions for off-market deals) and therefore would likely have to wait ...

@Brian Jaime I would love to connect with you and learn more about some of your expertise in the real estate industry.

That led me to my first flip and building a single family rental portfolio.Wholesaling was a great way to break into the real estate industry.

(hence the indexed funds) I would say knowing him, the advantage would be the knowledge base, connections from being in the industry, mentor who owns 10 single family homes, but the disadvantage being that they don't know anything about fixing up homes, brrrr, analyzing deals etc. 

I have experience in warehouse leasing, commercial property leasing, industrial property leasing, residential investing and leasing.