Specify your investing goals and approach, taking into account different asset classes such as commercial real estate, single-family houses, and multi-family buildings.3.

Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.So, when investing in areas they don’t really know, investors should research the different property Class submarkets.

@Roger WestWhat area of NJ and what asset type?

There’s no secret formula out there, you will find it near impossible to cash flow with these rates almost anywhere in the greater dmv, you can put more down, you can eat negative cash flow, you can invest in another market (I like the eastern shore, though even there you are probably breaking even at best) or you can put your money in a different asset class, the market decides your return’s for the most part, not you. 

Pennies Sure Pennies,When vetting a syndication, different investors will do it differently... because every investor comes from a different financial situation and has different goals and risk tolerance.

I would greatly appreciate any tips, recommendations, or cautionary tales you can share based on your own experiences.Specifically, I'm interested in learning about different creative financing methods, potential pitfalls to watch out for, and any legal or financial considerations that I should be aware of before proceeding. 

@Joe Villeneuve I come from the "professional shops", the Institutional Private Equity and REIT industry, that's exactly how it's done when investments are evaluated, your Financials do not show any profit until all of your initially invested cash has been repaid by the Asset via Monthly, Quarterly, Annually distributions, or at the closing of Sale.

I am open to asset classes - office, retail, medical, storage, etc. 

Folks just have to realize NO money up front and especially.I wish BP would be able to tag the American Greed episode on REmington financial and tag Ingrid Robinsons website .. these were classic cases of fake lenders.. with Ingrid being the victim and taking down Remington who had been doing this for over 20 years.. those guys had some cajones they took Due Diligence and deposit money for all those years but never over 10k so anyone complaining it would not go anywhere.. it was said on the show that in all those years they closed no more than 3 or 5 loans.. both the principals got major prison time.the issue today is most of these folks are hiding on the internet or are off shore very tough to catch and your not getting any funding or money back thats a given.

You are not leveraging your assets the correct way.