All businesses can hit speed bumps during any growth period. 

At some point your business partner will want his cut (Federal Gov).

Use this partnership as I way to learn how to crawl in the house flipping business.

This was probably a result of the busy November for new contracts.

I started two businesses to that end.

I am trying to find a mentor and I feel like working for a corporate wholesaler might give me the experience I need to turn my little $175,000 chunk into a rental property business one day.

But 2025 offers other opportunities that did not exist 10 or even 5 years ago - think AI and online businesses.

i noticed though that the strategies you proposed are very different... an STR is a hospitality business and syndication is (in theory) at least somewhat passive.my main tip in getting started is not to rush into anything. 

Business is about relationships; with the right relationships, you'll have much of what you need to get out of the starting gate.

I also own a co hosting business but my rentals are in FL and TN.