The part about investing with a syndicator is you could do smaller amounts and then have many cars in the race.

You can lead a horse to water....

It’s opened my eyes in many ways and all I want to do is create actual lifetime security for my family rather than the false sense of security the rate race implies.Thank you again for replying, JimD’Andre

Banning just doesn’t make sense.This is not  race or religion issue.  

Best to get the actual expenses and charges from the horse's mouth than off forums.Oh yes, I bet Joel can beat this one to death with endless possibilities. :)

Flogging a dead horse in my opinion.  

This is putting the cart before the horse.

If you adjust rental rates for various tenants, you can think in your head that it's due to the career of one of the tenants, but with a disgruntled tenant later on down the road it could be due to race, religion, sex, etc. and you can be caught in a federal violation. 

I also wouldn't worry too much about  having some 'dead' equity right now either - that might actually be the breathing room needed later.And tof beat the dead horse some more: your expenses now are pretty much zero, which is what we would all expect.

You can adjust your life style to accommodate your portfolio and leave the race of making the portfolio fit your life  style like @Brian Burke was saying.2.