You can simply ask the syndicator if they would be open to connecting you to a handful of investors who have known and invested with them for a long time. 

You can mitigate your lack of experience by hiring a professional property management company.Originally posted by @Steven W.

One absolutely should be able to produce a balance sheet (assets and liabilities) for your RI because put simply you’re running a business and that’s what businesses do.

Do you happen to know if we can simply remove one of us from Title on the first 4?

They lack commitment and will place the first applicant with a heart beat in many cases.

This means they are simply a processing layer, and do not act as custodian. 

We need better policies and understanding of the law, or tenants are simply going to continue to take advantage of us.  

If you're not looking to outsource the job each year, then simply ask a lot of questions during your consultation and get an understanding before you tackle it yourself the following year.

If all the obvious ideas don't work, then you simply form a joint venture with your landlord to get coverage.

Often a development will need to disturb or destroy some habitat onsite simply to get a workable footprint.