Some step on the attic and make a dent because of their weight.

I understand how it works on a property I 100% own, so it is just a fractional % weighting if you invest in a syndication?

The same way I can tell you how to lose weight, but it doesn't mean that in 6 months you'll be 20 pounds lighter.

At that time in the US, it was, "Easy Ways to Lose Weight."

Hopefully you can renegotiate with your investors...and maybe even lower your price a bit too...Your holding costs are worth lowering that price and getting out from underneath the weight...GS

I have spent almost 2 months learning as much as I could and along the way taking action, such as marketing, networking, and learning the legalities by partnering up with an attorney (worth their weight in gold).

As simple as the metric is (or is not), it seems to hold weight. 

Looks like we have different understandings of portfolio construction and weight the importance of taxes much differently, which is fine. 

You have a friend who wants to be a body builder but year after year he/she uses the same dumbbell weights, choosing to never increase them because they are ...

However, the posts that have been most encouraging in regards to conveying the weight and risk of REI have been the "here's all of my mistakes" posts.