You have to understand how risk-prone or risk adverse you are.

For flipping sometimes it works in high price neighborhoods and the profits are much better with lower risk.

I'm looking at the issues and risks for buying more rentals as investment properties:Cons:-Difficult to get your money out without capital gains.

I snowball the highest rate, highest risk loans and knock  them out 1 by 1.

Are there any real estate syndicators on here who have experience raising money for low risk deals that provide lower returns.

I personally like notes because there is a lot of flexibility and control over the amount of risk you take, but there is no such thing as a guaranteed rate of return!

To the extent points are being captured in the Cap Rate you're actually skewing the cap rate with your leverage, which kind of defeats the purpose of that metric.Since the goal of Cap Rate is to provide a quick and dirty view of the risk/reward of a property.

Are there environmental risks in the area?

If you are interested in getting into wholesaling, you should discuss your plan with a wholesale-savvy attorney and get informed on how to do so in such a way as to mitigate risks of violating the B&P code as much as possible.Also, legalities aside, soliciting to anyone that already has an agent listing their house for sale is basically asking their agent to file a complaint against you for practicing without a license. 

If you really want this property you risk giving up on your investor status and turning into a home buyer.Bottom line it should not matter whether you get this property or not but if you do it must be on terms you are happy with.