@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.

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

I'm doing my homework, setting my targets, and I'm ready to dive in.I'm more than happy to connect with like-minded people in Northern Virginia.

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

It never made sense to me that people buy rentals and immediately hire out the most important factor of its success (the management) to a 3rd party who likely takes 10% plus other fees.  

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

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.

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

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