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Whomever you select, be sure you do thorough due diligence on the potential investment sponsor and thoroughly review their offering materials to determine if the investment is properly underwritten and suitable for you (in other words, the business plan is in alignment with your objectives).It isn't uncommon to see lofty projections, unachievable returns, missing track records, insufficient expense budgets, aggressive economic vacancy projections and high rent growth forecasts. 

TaylorIt's possible and tempting but not advised if your reputation and interests are aligned with investors.

This will help people connect with you after determining how their goals, services and resources align with yours.2. use the 'search' function to find topics, members and areas of interest.

@Lee YoderThe general partners should always invest alongside the passive investors; it shows alignment of interest.

They can provide basic education on lending sources for multifamily investment, tips for new investors, and recommend property managers and brokers in the area that are aligned with your interests.  

While you will find lots of information and experience in these forums, keep in mind that while much of it has universal application, some is very U.S.A. specific (particularly in the areas of finance, regulation and taxation).Case-in-point are the calculators on BP - while they can be a valuable tool even for a Canadian investor (though the buy-and-hold calculator misrepresents vacancy and mortgage principal as expenses), you would need to know how to "adjust" the financing side to align with mortgages in Canada.As far as jumping into your first acquisition, you are close enough to the Big Smoke that I would anticipate real estate prices to be very full in the Orangeville / Purple Hill area, so taking your time to educate yourself and be comfortable with the process is not a bad thing.

Let them know your strategy, your goals and what your business plan is to ensure that your business plan aligns with theirs and you can both work towards the same goal.

Since in real estate investing we deal with people a lot, it is very important that yours and the deal sponsors interests, plans and ideas about investing via syndications align for the most part. 

Great overview filled with samples and it aligns with being honest to the seller and examples of good and bad investor experiences.