Not true, but don't believe me or anyone else, go find the answer from qualified tax professionals!

Become a syndication Co-GP by lending the escrow funds for the true GP where you receive 1% of the GP share of project upside, then create website and social media marketing materials where you hold yourself out as THE GP for the syndication.5.

West is pretty affluent and finding those kind of deals are true needles in the haystack.

The above is true UNLESS as second lien holder you have an INTER CREDITOR AGREEMENT with the first lien holder.

I have looked into other ways to buy and your ideas are true, we just haven't done any other ways yet.

It seems a little too good to be true to get away with 3.5% down just to force appreciation and remove the pmi rather quickly.

If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

To recap, you pay to learn the necessary skills to source deals and capital for your educators and  you are actually taught to deceive investors by embellishing your track record and credentials by dangling your GP status in ways not representative of your true role.

For the purpose of this exercise, I would like to start by separating syndications into two categories: (1) smaller capital raises that will only attract the friends and family sized checks because they require too much brain damage for those with the larger check writing capabilities;  and (2) syndications with capital raises large enough to fit within the investment parameters of true private equity/family office check writing capabilities. 

A true Investor friendly agent will have all of the contacts and likely use them on their own projects.