They should be able to help you start putting the pieces together.

On a huge investment, that's a small price to pay for your piece of mind and good representation.Good luck.

It's a piece of information that when discovered drastically changes the situation. 

I feel dumb that I didn't catch this no incentive piece.

We had the same audit & after the building inspector, our commercial architect, fire chief etc finished I had to design, install a fire sprinkler system, complete with 24/7 first responder monitoring . 

The initial setup and annual compliance audits they undergo would make it difficult for a scammer to operate such a business. 

I live in the area and was happy to get a piece of something in my area I could drive to.If your priority is cash flow then it's going to be very hard to find anything that compares to what you're getting in the syndication (around 8%).

In this dream scenario, I have a decent house on the peninsula (which is already difficult to afford, even on an engineer's salary), I'd be living and raising a family with my lovely girlfriend Sammi (don't tell her I'm hoping to propose to her soon), and I'm regularly auditioning for professional shows up in San Francisco, and perhaps even New York occasionally.This won't be possible without a strong strategy and focus in real-estate.

I’m not saying that you can’t find great advice on YouTube, but usually the advice is broken down into bits of pieces so they can sell you something.

Another good trick is to send a piece of mail to the vacant house and above the name write "Return Service Requested".