So it sounds like your main objective is to find her an affordable place to live.

But if just want a return on your money and objectively are't attached to one strategy or another, then ya syndications have their perks in market like this.

Shiny object syndrome is a real thing, and it rears its head even after you’re up and going, doing deals, but you let comparison impact you negatively.

As many have stated, rising rents, hot neighborhoods and gentrification within many neighborhoods have investors cash flowing at levels that satisfy their investment objectives.  

I've refinanced everything at least once,   primary objective being reducing the monthly payments, secondary object reducing debt.     

My main objective here is sharing my personal experience with RE in the city of Detroit MI (and my first experience in Real Estate at all), basically to encourage those that are starting and just get surrounded with NOers and also to remember the big investors that the bullish spirit can never die.Everything started January 2017 when reading a book that changed my life “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” (Robert’s Kiyosaki best seller that doesn’t need introduction), not essentially for the content that is pretty repetitive but for the hidden message of building wealth for passive income purposes.

The easiest way to make a mistake is to chase shiny objects instead of going in with a plan.Spend the next 5-6 months saving up and educating yourself on the different type of investments, how to finance them, and how to manage them.

The goal was to find a financing strategy that aligned with my long-term investment objectives while ensuring the project's financial feasibility.

Quote from @Chris Seveney: ....If you need to raise funds from investors not in your network you may need to offer sweeter terms than having a deep investor base to get them to invest in your deal over other dealsChris, our first objective is to make sure we offer our previous investors something that is competitive with the market. 

No system is perfect, so don't waste your time chasing after the next shiny object.