I prefer to learn from people that actually have been doing the business a long time & still are doing it.

@Diego A.When people say "syndication" in context of real estate, they really mean filing the necessary paperwork with the SEC to sell securities.

In my demographic I have not had to worry about that as I rent out to people with skin in the game.

A number of people have asked this and if you use the search function, you can see replies to those posts. 

People that have high-drama often continue to have high-drama. 

You will learn so much and meet so many awesome people! 

@Ashley DennisI think people should consider owning real estate personally (tax benefits) and inside of their retirement account. 

Almost all of the current investors doing Subject To, as taught by the popular approach of over leverage and little to no money down, are people with little to no capital, no ability to get a mortgage, with no experience and no ability to over come the issues.

And while housing stability is important I think that people need to understand that their behavior is important to and it has consequences.  

@Thomas W. yes lots of people have done that.