. $250 if I cut ties within the 90 trial period 2. $250 if I want to purchase my photos3.

Agreed, the "Syndication", "Private Equity Real Estate" or "DST" model are all variations of the same theme: - Pay money to sponsor who is supposed to be an expert investor.- Give them complete control over your money in the context of the deal or fund. - Wait and hope that they deliver returns. 

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I have pursued other areas to achieve these financial goals like network marketing and financial advising, but I truly believe that real-estate investing is my ticket.I have gone to all local real-estate investing groups in my area and found a few options, but I'm unsure of what to do.Option #1 - Trial and error. 

The truth is, you could read 100 books and still not know enough because certain things need to be learned through trial-and-error.

Well, if your goal is to figure the differences between the two, you need to do a trial for each and see which you like.

RE has large degrees in variation around norms not only in asset type and class, but also location, thus making sweeping generalities at best useless and at worse harmful. 

You need to buy some kitchen equipment, one or two of the good basic cookbooks like "The Joy of Cooking" or Bittman's "How to Cook Everything," and build a sustainable repertoire of 10-15 cheap, healthy dinners with a few variations each that you can put together easily and quickly.Better for your pocket, better for your mental health because it will help ground you, better for your love life because smart, capable people appreciate personal cooking skills in others.The top three expenses of the American household, as @Scott Trench's book taught me, are housing, transportation, and food.

Option A, we list at this price, Option B, if you want to sell at a discount today I have a list of cash buyers that will pay 60% of that price, Option C, if you will leave the existing financing in place and sell it Sub2, then some of those cash buyers will pay 70% of Option A, or some variation of that.I guess it depends on what city your are in. 

Like RE, this is a numbers game and trial and error.