I am fairly new to BP, also to the investing world.

Anyone near Montezuma Iowa? I’m going into commercial real estate investing in the very near future!

Awesome bird's eye view explanation to the world of Apartment syndication!

Some might argue for appreciation but that would be purely speculative.I see it could have been a popular idea in a pandemic-stricken world of 2020, but I'd place bigger bets on traditional residential real estate.

Gift money was not permitted.But it’s not the end of the world.

Maybe if you've done 50 deals and they know you are safe, but as a newer investor there are no ways to do this in the real world.

At times things felt hopeless, that I offered nothing to this world and I never would.

I really like it because you get the best of both worlds.

The response here is a bit late but thought I would share in case helpful for others in a similar situation:The self employment tax applies if you have income from a trade or business (which a facts and circumstances determination), regardless of where in the world that business is conducted.

Investors in San Diego in the multifamily world used to do this by purchasing a property with under market rents, raising rents to market and rehabbing the units that move out.