I often teach this as a public service for investors: Checklist: 10 Things You Should Know Before Investing in a SyndicationBefore investing in a real estate syndication, you should carefully review all of the offering documents provided by the sponsor and look for (or ask) questions regarding the following things:1.

See how easy it is for folks to connect the dots publicly.

No one will sell you a general liability policy for less than 10 times the insurance a PA contractor needs, so...As you can see, pretty much the whole Pennsylvania GC registration licensing system is all smoke and mirrors designed to give the public a cheap illusion of confidence in an army of bumbling handymen and to keep a second army of insurance industry lobbyists fat and happy.It's a bit different if you want an electrician's license for the city, and plumbing licenses, yeah, they're the real deal.There is absolutely no conflict between being a PA-registered or Pittsburgh-licensed GC and having a real estate license.

sounds like your pretty green... based on your question and expectations.I have owned multiple brokerges and brokers/agents are all humans.. they all have strengths and weakness.Or your perceptions of those.. 

What is the best way to contact someone outside of the public forum?

But it is more perception than not.

I put in swag guesses using public data on a property I plan to inquire about - 2500 sqft 4 bedroom (relatively ancient) townhome - and got a quote of about 1500 for a year of standard 1 mil/2 mil coverage.

That is not public information 

Thanks for your question - Controlling real estate is the highest financial leverage one can ever achieve in real estate - Control & Roll is a system created by me from pure frustration with being a real estate sales person (broker/agent) - I needed to GET OUT OF CONVENTIONAL  real estate - there were too many gate keepers, buyers, sellers, appraisers, underwriters, banks, mortgage brokers and others who didn't care if you made a buck or not, if you helped your client or not, just too many ways to stop a sales from going to settlement ------- I had to find another way to make money in real estate without those regulations stopping me - cutting-off my income and making me crazy -----I wanted a system where I got paid full commission without contingencies, without inspection requirements and a way to sell real estate for all cash without having to mess around with FHA or other loan products or appraisals.So ----- the birth of Control & Roll - simply put C&R is a way of negotiating real estate with a skinny offer subject to a public auction.

Banks now sell REO through RE agents and at public auctions.2.