Hi,  would be super appreciative if someone has any advice on an issue:The HOA (Self-manged) of our 3 unit condo building in Jersey City just received 3 penalties totaling $7k for violations on the 5 year DCA condo inspection dating from 1998/2005/2009.

This is my Layman's (not an attorney) understanding of how this works.I do not believe you can be paid for putting an investor with a Syndication unless you are a certain type of licensed security broker, although you MIGHT be able to receive a percentage participation in the deal on the sponsor side--BUT that would be up to the Syndication's securities attorney regarding it's legality.That is my understanding of how this works, and I am not an attorney, but before doing anything like this you should seek legal counsel--because the penalty for violating securities laws sometimes includes jail time.There are both state and federal securities laws that could come into play in a situation like this, and with a syndication you really need to be squeaky clean.So yes, there MIGHT BE value in it, but that is up the Syndication's attorney to make that decision.Good Luck!

Back in January my home was given a notice of violation by license and inspection for a crack in the side wall of my home .

Your California lease agreement should state that ongoing nuisances are a violation of the lease.   

If you'll the "follow the rule" type of guy, tenants won't cut you any slack and call the authorities on all small code violations.

See if there are any open code violations on your city web site.

If they miss rent you can serve them with a  Pay or Vacate Notice, if they violate any other terms within the lease you can serve them with a Notice to Comply and have "X" number of days to comply, or leave.

Are these code violations just violations that you can clearly see or are they legitimate violations that have been issued by the city?

Airbnb canceled the reservation and I thought the nightmare was over but seven days later I got a violation from the city saying that the tenant reported strong sewer smell.

I think he said it is his primary residence and the link says: "if the transfer results in a permitted change of occupancy type **to an investment property**, such change does not violate the security instrument