The units are in good shape, ready to move in. 

Time in the market > Timing the market

First determine what type of syndication you want to invest in.

You may have it priced too high, bad pictures, etc.I recommend you include some of your key qualification criteria in the advertisement.

I live in the greater Omaha area.

An uptick may be due to the decrease in bonus depreciation by 20% in the new year.

There is no lock because the laundry machines are in the basement. 

While the building envelope itself doubled in value.

You won't be able to get the renters' names, but you can look up the unit numbers by putting in the main address into the tax records and it will show all the apartment numbers at that address.

I think it depends on the market.. they approached me on a furnished rental I had in Vegas (Summerlin gated community A class)  We got basically double or a little more of the normal rent..