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These can be summarized as follows:What are the objectives of the joint venture?

I don't have a ton of real estate investing knowledge yet, but I've helped plenty of clients with tax and business planning relating to their real estate ventures, so I'd be happy to add value where I can. 

One firm, Fifth Wall Ventures, is entirely dedicated to proptech.""

However, verifying income is something I do not bypass when purchasing (or consulting on buying) non-RE ventures, and love to think of commercial RE as ultimately purchasing a business. 

How much capital would I need to start such a venture in the New York metropolitan area.

There is only so much you can educate yourself on, then when involved in an actual deal a million things come up that no course or book prepared you for.The fact that you are still trying to raise capital tells me that this is more complicated legally than just a joint venture among equals.

In addition to creating a successful syndication venture, the goal is to take my profits from syndicating and start to build my out of state Multi-unit portfolio/empire. 

I'm looking to venture into a new business (currently a realtor) involving real estate and looking for ideas from others.

I think I ended up talking with 4 or 5 friends with homes in FL, SC and NC and they all said it was still a good venture in the end.