Most everyone is right, things are pretty much the same, my tolerance is different. 

However, if you want to maximize equity and control every step of the process, doing it yourself might be better.At the end of the day, it’s about what fits your goals and risk tolerance.

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

Lack of down payment, lack of entrepreneurial personality, low tolerance for risk, looking for the magic key that fits their desires, just want to learn, sold "Castles in the sky" with a gibberish of disconnected statements that while true in a plethora of instances do not add up to truth in any one instance, fear of failure meaning not able to take a financial loss without going into poverty, never told up front how much money they will need to spend to buy the investment in addition to paying for the class.

The amount I invested was small enough that a 50% haircut is tolerable.

I would think that a property manager would be able to assess your specific unit, be able to determine what market rate is for the local area and the quality of the unit, what the market rate rate is for your specific unit, to suggest what your unit could rent for based on some improvements and have a sense of what rent increase would be tolerable by the tenants. 

Mom and pop sold the park for a price that the market would tolerate.

I would focus on one of two things… finding a more tolerable high-pay work situation OR developing some coping skills to deal with your current working situation.

Establish an emergency fund and target stable long-term rentals or short-term rentals in markets you understand.House hacking or private lending can offer alternative entry points depending on your risk tolerance and hands-on involvement.

Quote from @Rafael Ro: Quote from @Ashish Acharya: @Rafael Ro Option 2 (turnkey out-of-state properties) suits your situation, balancing time constraints, risk tolerance, and scalability.