While I continue working on deals myself, I'd love to get first-hand experience in the realm of syndications and was hoping some people would be open to connecting and discussing their experience further.

The overarching strategy to "think like an investor" is to put as little of your own money into each investment deal in order to maximize your cash on cash returns.

Real estate investors rely on cap rates to analyze deals and compare potential returns before making a purchase.🔍 Understanding Cap Rate:- On the surface, the cap rate is one of the best ways to determine whether a deal is worth pursuing.

I've been in the game in this market a while as I have 12 units and 3 single family homes and know this is a great deal. 

I am a local wholesaler here in Indianapolis in which we do about 3-4 deals a week.

The first year I acquired land through owner financing and then I lost my job, so I lost the deal.

If everything is still a go at that point, spend time on the compliance to make sure there are no deal killers.

Now you need to figure out how to find deals and pay for them.

I'd find off-market deals, do some cosmetic updates, and then refinance. 

Someone who took a creative finance deal in Oct 22 and overpaid for the property, thinking overpaying is not an issue for creative financing, with a 2 year balloon payment is going to be facing the crisis.