What tax benefits might you receive that could potentially offset some of your tax burden with such high income?

And most are not ponzi schemes.Per the SEC and FINRA, some typical signs of a Ponzi scheme are promises of outsized returns (which is necessary to have a Ponzi scheme function since it needs a constant flow of new investors to avoid collapse), promises of impossible things like guaranteed returns and/or failure to disclose the true risk of an investment (to make the claimed high returns seem more plausible), etc.

You might find people that charge low rates, high rates, lots of fees, no fees.I'd focus on competency.

Hey @Dave Anderson       If you want to make this scalable and repeatable, I would highly encourage you to start with your end goal in mind.

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For example they took on (a) floating-rate debt (instead of fixed rate which was more expensive but safer), (b) short-term debt (cheaper but then they ran into refinancing problems) and (c) high levels of debt (to try to juice projected returns rather than conservative levels which aren't as "exciting" to a certain type of investor).

I personally don't like pay too much attention to ProForma as I can't predict the future so I usually just like to know if cash flow is good AND more importantly if I'm financing, if the DSCR (debt service coverage ratio) is high enough to safely qualify for financing (usually above 1.2). 

The real estate/business lending space is HIGHLY regulated - the same regulations which aid you and protect you as a member of the LGBTQ community or ANY OTHER community also apply in the other direction and to all other consumers. 

We aren’t out of the jungle yet, far far from it, but it’s directionally positive.The US economy is humming along, remaining resilient in the face of high costs of capital/interest rates.

It is easy to poke holes at something that you don't understand and in some ways may be over-hyped and has a high dollar entry value.