In other words, they were banking on future events they had little or no warning or control over.I have at least 25% equity in my properties, and at least enough cash flow to cover the "fall backs" in a down market.  

Looking forward to attending our first Meetup! 

Really just networking and learning in 2016.If you haven't already, attend a few consecutive AZREIA meetings and take advantage of the Haves/Wants time; fellow investors will find you if you do!

It's been on the market for a while, which is unusual for our area, but then 'sell by owner' is not common up here.Have you been to any of the meetup.com events on real estate investing?  

Not sure how I'd feel about attending some boot camp but I hope it worka out to your benefit and I'd love to hear about your experience!

I also encourage you to attend the local REIA meet ups.  

There may legal events regarding the file which mean we have either bankruptcy or foreclosure issues.  

@Chris Reeves  Not at all my area of expertise.. however I have been around a few syndicators over the years.. and the general partner usually has some pretty good discretion in the event the sunset and subsequent sale is not optimal.And I imagine the sponsor could just go back to the investors for a vote to see what they want to do.I have seen though fixed debt get called in the last GFC... with owners that were on 5 year call notes ... having their notes called because the bank was not in a position to roll it over..

Attend your local REI meeting, or find their page on FB and figure out what banks other investors in your area are using. 

great to be on such educative forum, I would like to attend real estate events in the Baltimore area, just to network & share information with other investors, I'm in the Glen Burnie area, any ideas of upcoming events will be deeply appreciated.