There are many SO SO many tips of advice on this web site. 

Listen to multifamily podcasts as some of the producers are syndicators who provide a lot of very good educational content.If the offering is structured as a Reg D 506b syndication then up to 35 sophisticated (non-accredited) investors can invest.

First, you need to cover a lot of ground to produce results, since as you noticed, most prospects are not interested in selling. 2.

You want one that has lots of strong producers working there. 

As you become a top producer what do they do to retain you.

Do any of you guys see a role for any local real estate groups/gatherings of investors or do you think its best to stay with national web based platforms?

Managing properties is such a spider web of liability and lawsuit world unfortunately I think most would not allow.

my parents and I discussed purchasing an income producing property as I had done for myself with my partner, but for them as well. once they retire, we are to split the cash flow in exchange for me managing it.

parents and i wanted to pick up a second income producing property for us to split How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

I'm stacking capital to weather any stormsI'm still buying properties, good deals at low interest rates are the name of the game in any market.I'm working on non-cash intensive efforts like marketing and brandinglastly, I'm selling off any under-producing assets I ownnone of this is recession indicator driven behavior as it's all pretty standard but my motivation is a bit higher based on how the market looks (crunched!)