when you get to about 32 units you should be able to hire a Property Management Company paid out of that apartment income and have some positive cash flow.You can get hot areas to do either style by talking to brokers, Governmental agencies, popular appraisers, and 

Being in the construction business for about 30 years and having a real estate broker license in Texas for about 30 years gives me a unique answer probably regarding your issue. 

My company brokers them, and I can walk you through it or give you direction.

My mother was a residential and commercial agent and broker in NY and NJ during the mid 90s. 

Hi Account ClosedIf you are "connecting" you are "brokering" which I believe in CA needs a license.

Mtg brokers or independent direct lenders have less “overlays” than large national banks.

Simple things like running prospective tenant/buyers by a mortgage broker to find out how and when they can qualify for a mortgage.

Commercial mortgage brokers handling transactions in the area can give you an idea of the cap rates they are using to underwrite similar properties in the market.

I'd be happy to function as broker on any acquisition you're considering, but my management is swamped right now- we have more work than we can handle as far out as we can see.

from the documents a few BP folks sent to me a few years ago. it looked like they were investing in multi beneficiary mortgages IE multiple investors in a fractionalized mortgage.. which can be argued is a security .. in CA they are quite common but you have a specific disclosure document that must be filled out by a real estate broker .. it lets you know who the co investors are.. which is really the rub here.. none of these folks know each other.. and of course this is always the rub in a pooled syndicated investment that goes south..