Literally breathing and eating real estate to educate myself.

Additionally the anti-government grouping, which has arisen just eat of Las Vegas, in the last few years; it has set up efforts to gain Idaho people, as followers of this movement, with said leaders are now based in satelite towns, near to Boise.

But it seems to be working okay.I bought a 15 unit place with my nest egg which was 200k or so.  

One investor in TN shared that flood insurance ends up costing approx $100/month in her area so it really eats into cash flow.

You may have to eat some of the cost just to get this to go away (not that you're in the wrong - you're justified).

Syndication is very much a chicken and egg game. 

Of course HOAs can eat into your cash flow, but could HOAs also be a positive for a first deal, since now I don’t have to worry about lawn, landscaping, snow removal, and big expenses like roofs that could wipe out all my cash flow for the property? 

You do not want to use hard money for something like this as the points and interest carry will eat p the profits fast.There are lots of ways to structure the deal and it will all depend on what the cash contributions and profit potential look like etc.

I received a generous buy out offer, have a nice nest egg in the market, have 3 great renters, and have an interest in a company that pays investment income as well.

Do you think some lenders would have to eat that cost or will it usually be passed on to the buyer?