But, from their perspective, helping you is just creating a competitor who may steal deals from them in the future.

@Jay Thomas I consider direct posting to be FRBO but that could be a gray area from the brokerage's perspective

I'm not looking at buying that specifically, I just want more perspective. 

However, consider looking at the difference between the two from the perspective of the investor: With a syndication, I am fully informed on a specific deal and see the specific returns it can provide.

Max,The cold more likely shifted/torqued/sheared the fenestration in which the window is installed and it was this force which caused the glazing to crack.  

Actually any RE investment has a certain amount of risk.. its how you mitigate that risk that is important.I know from my personal perspective I wanted to deal direct with the source..

For the Houston area this is a great way to get an initial perspective of comps. 

Setting extremely high goals keeps me enthused, engaged and obsessed about achieving goals.You should be able to achieve your goal much sooner.The first step is to learn how to analyze the investment strictly from a financial perspective.  

My guess is you will start to see some resistance by other Investors in the market, prices will stabilize or start a slight decline and then it's up to the Micro Economics to determine if the "Hot Zones" will continue on or if the population makes a shift towards non-oil markets.

The areas of York and Lancaster are also great.Central PA is a nice stable market, with great diversity of employment, a few hours drive from NYC, Philly, and DC.You have to be a little bit careful in down town Harrisburg, but the suburbs and whole capital market is great from a cash flow and growth perspective.