There is an old saying in real estate, "find a great deal and the money will come," but this is ONLY true if you have dug your well before you need the water.My advice to you, if you are serious about syndicating deals, is to first figure out the kind of deals you want to buy and develop an "investment thesis" - what you want to buy, where you want to buy it, and why you think this makes sense.  

In just trying to figure out different ways to buy property.

Hello Robert Graham I figured since my credit score is low that it would be tough to get a loan.

You need to talk out everything in advance, and have it written into an agreement.While you are still figuring out if you want to pursue this, I would start attending local REIA meetings and talking to everyone there.

Then figure in who you are going to work for and what fees are required.

If that sounds like insurance gibberish it is... you could copy and paste all that into an email to the Foremost agent and they should be able to figure it out pretty quickly.  

Figure out how to do things on your own.

Office Building (about 2k sqr ft)Ideally I'd like to rent out the duplex like a normal Duplex, then figure out how to rent out the office building (this would be very new to me).

Maybe someone here with experience will have some insight as I'm still trying to figure out the best approach to insurance, but I think I've found a provider that I like in the Midwest (Kansas City area). 

I figured my numbers wrong?