You seem to indicate that portfolio loans are a bad thing.So then if I don't use portfolio loans, how am I supposed to scale my acquisition of properties to any appreciable degree?

@Gabriel Craft I would buy 50/50 built-to-rent SFR in Florida and Texas with 80/20 financing, on this scale probably with private money or institutional money for the loans

Turn key is like buying a house someone flipped, you pay top market, and often is substandard quality. you are much better off buying a marginal deal that needs a rehab, and managing the rehab, at least then you have control of the quality you decide to use, and if you scale you can create uniformity to your portfolio.   

If you can find those types of deals and preferably get in and out in 4 months and do that consistently, you have a very viable and profitable business that I would scale and nail while you can. 

It depends what your goals are, but if you want to scale you have to learn how to use OPM (other peoples money).

Small scale property owners don't have many advantages over the big hedge fund guys. 

Scaling up and finding the tax strategies to benefit.

They are able to provide hand written options at scale for a more personal touch.

How can someone scale up in multi family from single family without syndication and partnerships?

Ultimately, I chose the route of investing in private placements (syndications) with a goal of being truly hands off and having access to larger deals with greater economies of scale.