It lets you track finances, handle maintenance, advertise vacant units with a web site, and much more.

This is why relationships are critical in syndications and not as much when investing in a typical mutual fund/ETF portfolio.Don't mistake a rising tide - the RE market being up for 9 years - for operational intelligence. not directed toward @omar khan, but just to leave here as information a post I made in a thread a month ago that is appropriate here:when I first started researching investing in syndications, one of the first web pages I found was this:http://www.nasaa.org/22284/informed-investor-alert-private-placement-offerings/ Private Placements and the Risk of FraudEntities raising capital through private placements often have a limited operating history and typically have more modest revenue streams than larger companies.Because private placement offerings made in reliance on Rule 506 of Regulation D are not reviewed by regulators, they have become a haven for fraud.According to the most recent enforcement statistics from the North American Securities Administrators Association, private placement offerings are the most frequent source of enforcement cases conducted by state securities regulators.

I checked him out on social media and the web, and he seemed like he was legit.

Most of Brandon Turners books are solid too and provide good fundamentals.2)Look up on meetup.com or the web for a local Real Estate meetup, most are free and just network your nuts off.

I've done some searching on the web and on BP and not quite getting to my answer so hoping someone knowledgeable can help while I continue to search/read. 

It's covered in dust and cob webs.

A lot of web design companies use abstract themes.

If you try to check out anything from his web site you are brought to a page where you can either pay by debit card, bank draft, or pay pal, which allows you to use a credit card. 

@Kelly Choate, REIAs are usually fairly easy to find with just a web search or checking meetup.com.

Designing a web-based payment system at least 60-70 years before the Internet was available for the public.