This is a great resource, but the most important is to build face to face relationships with individuals actually investing in the market you'd like to buy in!

Personally I have my applicants fill out an application and pre-screen them before narrowing down to a short list before only running an actual background check on the first and possibly the second runner up in line for the unit.

What are the effective methods to distribute such an offering and actually to obtain an equity.I will highly appreciate any input especially from members who are experienced with foreign Syndication or Crowed Funding.

Again if you can get a deal done on a home for $1, sure then it can make sense but overall for most PML's that I have experience with and that are actually in the game of lending money and not seizing property -- it is not something that is very attractive to them.

An "area" does not qualify the actual address has to be in the map.

This can tell me a lotabout the age of the plumbing, roof, HVAC, etc before actually walking it.

I’m fairly confident in the actual renovation process due to my experience with facility management and vendor relations in the restaurant industry. 

Running numbers you actually see he makes much more sense with this method.

For the first time in many years I actually got a refunded check from IRS. 

The first promised I would spend actual time with the guy who founded the program.