One things are rolling, it takes relatively little to keep that momentum on flat straightaways.Similarly, pulling the pieces of a business together is a similar effort.

Or you can do it the other way where you give them the money piece by piece for them to use for materials, then you pay for labor after it's completed. 

So I would tell you that 2-5 rentals is a piece of cake to manage - even if working full time (we kept 2 corporate jobs until we were up to 20 rental units.)The other thing I would tell you is that there are MAJOR control differences between being a limited partner in a syndication - where you are more akin to a passenger on the bus which is your investment, versus full control of everything when managing your own rentals.  

It literally took me years to get all of the pieces into place, but now I have a huge amount of freedom and flexibility.

Picture a developer that purchases a piece of land and has sites to build on (or build model homes).

We, thankfully, had a friend of a friend connect us to a delivery person, who directly picked up flooring and delivered to us, then we worked with flooring company to get a credit back on price.Or, we did Ikea cabinets, which came with both more pieces than we ordered, and not all the pieces we ordered.  

Thoughts. Many syndicators may be underwater. So he may not be the only one. But the Wall Street Journal had a favorable feature on him in July. 

It works good and is very "hackable" to let you sort through the hottest leads.HTH...

In my opinion, finding people that you can trust and build relationships with is a better use of time than scouring and trying to find the latest and hottest market.  

We don't spend more than we need to, but she wants to create unique products that both create solid financial returns and provide personal satisfaction and portfolio pieces for her social accounts, which fuel design consultation work, which also helps her earn money.Additionally, one thing we do in our houses, to project a high quality product into the world is very good fit and finish work.