We can drive the whole town in 15 minutes --- no traffic jams like Denver ! 

If one of the "friends and family" in your syndicate turn out to be not so friendly, then they could cause trouble if the syndicate isn't organized properly.

Yes, I'm joining a couple of organizations to better my networking in the area.

For small organizations, we have nothing to gain.

I called the building and traffic departments. if the repair would not blog the traffic, i would need to pick up a permit from the city office. otherwise, i have to pay for a police office come on site. 

In fact, we are getting a lot of new residences who are escaping the traffic in Seattle. 

Now, if you get a seller to create a irrevocable charitable remainder trust, name charities, have the trust carry the note to a non-profit organization and then gift 50K to that non-profit in addition to the agreed sale price, then you can legally obtain cash after closing as a contribution......but like I said, not at this level of real estate operations. 

I'd like to see where other investors are getting their traffic from.

Colorado HOA Form: an HOA Home Owner Advocacy Organization

The road it sits on has about daily traffic about 30,000, so it has very good exposure.