It really depends on your level of desperation and whether or not you need the money.

If you are flexible, definitely some last minute deals but if there is a place you desperately want to go (e.g.

This is the bad side of real estate investing, the "gurus" are making the money of the people that are desperate to get into investing.Hey Matt, Rick Klingenstein here.

I don't always agree with whom will get rewarded with the vouchers but I do know many families are in desperate need. 

Keep in mind that many of these cheap homes are selling for less than a third of their insurance replacement value, which really means that the land has negative value - let that sink in.Most buyers who can actually qualify for a mortgage will get a PA for $200-300k and desperately want to upgrade their life.

In my limited experience with this small number of syndications, they were very desperate to buy basically anything in order to have "deal flow" (these properties were not for sale, they approached me off market and made me ridiculous offers which I couldn't refuse despite not planning to sell these properties for another 10 years or so). 

@Edward Suess-Hassman you won't be able to cashflow if you buy Class A or B property - unless it is a:1) Desperate seller and you get well below market price2) A major fixer-upper that you can invest your sweat-equity inYour other options are:1) Invest in Class C - but only do if you undertand 20-25% chance of tenant nonperformance and a lot of maintenance issues.2) You invest in another part of the country.DM us if you have more questions.

Then he decided not to do business, they made the  offer very attractive and he was desperate. 

We were desperate to get the house cleaned and ready for tenants and hired our PM with hopes that this would be resolved much quicker.

Norada Capital Management and its President and Founder Marco Santarelli are so desperate to raise money that they have resorted to guaranteeing investors up to a 17% annual returns.