In fact, that's precisely what I've been doing at our house now preparing for the sale.

This is precisely why I joined the BP community.  

Since then, and simply put our company and mine experience will speed up the screening process with precision, instead of hunting down we educate our select buyers, sellers and investors.

I currently work in commercial real estate as an analyst for a company that does direct private placement equity raises for middle market commercial real estate properties.  

I, as a profession, do direct placement of properties with investors, and the most frequent roadblock I run in to in today's market is investors expecting to buy at a cheaper price than the market will allow. 

Is syndication similar to private placement?

Well one way is to start your own money fund and fund your projects that way, start offering 401K conversions into self-directed IRA's or simple create a private placement memorandum.

Don't cut it so close you can't sleep at night.You may be able to get the 3-unit under contract with a contingency of selling your flip, but that will probably make your offer less competitive.Otherwise, I would wait until you at least have your flip under contract (and have a more precise expectation of net proceeds) before going shopping again.The 3-unit property is not a one-in-a-million opportunity that just happened to pop up right now. 

But, you really need to know the fine details in order to put yourself in a safe financial situation based on precise location selection.

Beyond the Monthly Management, Placement & Maintenance fees, all other fees in our contract are IF EVENT -> THEN fees.