@Steven Bond All you can do is jump straight in and start making phone calls.

However, the older I get, the more I want higher quality tenants, less risk for vacancies, and less risk for maintenance.I prefer to own a very easy to manage Investment Property in an appreciating area than to put my money into a Treasury Bond paying very little returns.

But it has been my experience over the years that people will lie thru their teeth and will screw thier fellow man/woman over in a second if they think it will benefit them.  

So everything being equal and 90% of he syndicators chasing the same product.. it comes down to who do you trust. another article I found at the same time was talking about how the syndication groups will state that they are "in compliance with SEC regulations" or throw around terms like "rule 501 (a)", "rule 506 (c)" and "regulation D" and imply that these securities are regulated/monitored like stocks, bonds, etcthis is not the article I am talking about, but another SEC documenthttps://www.investor.gov/news-alerts/investor-aler...What should I consider when investing in private placements?

Might be due to several factors, but a lot of it is because commercial and conventional loans are based on different things (index plus vs bonds).Of course, as a borrower, I'm loving the low hard money rates :-)Also helps me drive down the cost of private money as well.

He got a court order to retrieve his property June15. 2018 But of course there is allegatiosI'm very perturbed by this tenant but my possesion judement which the tenant has appealed was 0 bond.

The Bank that the cashiers checks was drawn on will require a bond before a replacement check will be issued. 

You can pick some 'bond tent' funds that will allocate roughly 80% bonds / 20% stocks.

The firm of my choice is Bond Law Firm.

http://nreig.com/I'll post a longer thread about my investment goals - but the quick version.Cut my teeth on two investment properties here in the Bay Area, got great purchase prices in 2010 and 2013.