If I’m a general partner/sponsor of a syndication, can I control how much depreciation is given to investors/limited partners?

The only way I see this going forward is if you can find a money partner.

That can be you save a down payment or partner with someone that has cash.

We manage a Rental Portfolio valued at $800M, we are constructing over $600M of new Apartments and some Condos now, and are selling about $50M of our finished projects now.We buy only top projects in high urban demand in fill neighborhoods that are vetted by our team of professionals and banking partners for complete feasibility before starting.

My partner and I have had our cross-hairs on Houston ever since Harvey hit, and we're lining up our resources to open a small office and set up an operations team for a fix/flip & hold strategy to balance out the yield of our existing portfolio. 

I wound up using a business partner to manage for now but I've checked everyone in this blog and they're all credible PM's and will be using one of them in near future. 

A "cash rich" Partner might be a solution to your problem with financing even if you have to give them some of your profit. 

In it, he casually mentions that, if you find a great deal and need funding partners, you can reach out to a broker to put together funding from their contacts.

You can also partner up with a more experienced investor if you bring something to the table (cash, time, experience, charm etc)If you're already networking keep it up!

We think long term and love long term business partners.