If I had little to no time available, I would passively invest with a seasoned investor (like in an apartment syndication).

Rent larger home, use cash to rent a smaller home/move to retirement community (disadvantage: less community of older folks; advantage is we can continue to own the home but make money off of the rent payments; but now we have to manage new renters)Basically asking if anyone has experience moving to a retirement community, and what the optimal move is with our current real estate assets.Where could we talk to similar people in this situation?

. - i'm looking for a small mfh in lehigh valley area and have 40k to invest. house hacking is out of the question as my family is already established in the good old garden state. i was told by a mortgage person that it'll be better for me to refinance my house (cash out refinance) to get an equity and lower my payment so i can qualify for higher loan and maybe even able to purhase 2 properties. with the current rate, my interest will likely be higher than what i have now (currently 3.5% and  have about 11 yrs left on it). would you guys recommend doing a refinance in this situation (for a first rental property) or 40k give or take enough to start REI adventure. thank you in advanced for your time and i appologized if this post is confusing for those seasoned investor.

An older couple that owns 100 plus units has mentioned it to me but I can not recall the details. 1.

From what I've seen, the successful young commercial brokers partnered with seasoned realtors back in 2007/2008, and utilized their partner's existing network and knowledge to allow them to launch like a rocket ship after the crash.

I've many older forum posts about college rentals but I wanted to reintroduce the topic for a more fresh perspective.

My first purchase was 6 units which I put in cash and then worked to refinance, but most banks I talked to wanted a year of seasoning...there are different banks/bridge loans I could have investigated to change that, but what I'm getting at is make sure you have a solid plan for financing/re-financing in place so you don't hose yourself with a bank saying we'll only refi on LTC not LTV.And like @EdwardLiu said, never believe the seller.Cheers,Brian

Maybe I am thinking of what to do with my good properties as I get older... 

Do you know if they have any seasoning requirements?

Seasoned smaller investors typically base their initial investment decision on the CoC returns as this metric illustrates a more accurate snap shot calculation.