To properly shop, make sure you get rate quotes on the same day as rates change daily.

Throughout the years Philadelphia has been going through the trend of increasing crime rates and property owners having to deal with gun violence around them on a daily basis.

They are supposed to protect the consumer but they have no teeth.

As easy as this sounds, it's not simple and usually like pulling teeth.

If you are not ok with Step 1, want daily updates, want to participate in all construction meetings, ask for copies of paid invoices once a week, go do random drive by’s and ask why a porter potty is not where you think it should be, or why there is a loose nail in the driveway that was left behind by a contractor you are not trusting your manager and micro managing.

When you have the livelihoods and life savings of people in your hands, it is a massive responsibility not to be taken lightly.If you aren't a total newbie, but haven't done a syndication, the smaller the better to cut your teeth on the new issues related to managing investors, communicating, managing distributions, dealing with SEC attorneys, properly filing K1s, etc.You picked some curious numbers as choices for the number of units, so I choose not to choose from that list.

If you don’t need daily updates they could easily do it in 3-4 hours every 2 weeks or 5-6 hours once a month. 

Even if it will cost me a little bit by hiring an attorney, or something else with teeth. 

However, the interest rate changes daily with the market and the fed are expected to hike the rate up 2 more times this year.

However, would you recommend getting a short term job in the beginning of a real estate career to be able to pay for daily/common expenses?