It has only been a little over a year and so I feel it's still early to make a good guess on how things will play it, especially since we are dealing with unprecedented times.

It's kind of a "trust us" play and those usually are false.As an investor I would take the approach of how you do anything is how you do everything.  

We'll see how things play out, especially since AirBnB has made the US an extenuating circumstances area now.

Get a quote from 2 separate lenders and play the back and forth game. 

However, as we *were* in the peak of cycle, most syndications were/are back-loaded meaning alot of the returns for general partners or limited partners were/are found on the back end or sale due to value-add long term plays.

My question is, if it were you would you allow the current conditions of everything that is going on right now play a role in your decision making of purchasing a buy and hold investment (keeping in mind the cashflow works)?

Giving someone money to go buy real estate, forming a JV, helping make business decisions or guaranteeing a loan, for example, and expecting a return on your money is perfectly compliant with the law as you are playing an active role in the investment.

The next 4 weeks are going to be critical how this plays out and I really hope the Federal will step in soon enough placing some kind of debt relief program to help us all.   

Its a marketing play and you have to put a LOT of feelers out to find the leads and land the deals.  

To me that over a 10year play, especially if the housing market tanks with the stock market.