So my wife picked up another job on night shifts and she work 80 to 90 hours a week.

Syndication isn’t just value-add multifamily, there’s ground up development, office conversion, self storage, net lease, etc so even if the deals are tighter in one type of syndication, I think people will shift and set their sights on another one.Plus people have different motivations for buying these assets - we’re seeing some 1031 investors buying properties at zero caps - they are just planting their money and don’t care about a return, they just don’t want to pay the taxes.Plus in general, there are multiple exit strategies, so if it’s not time to sell you don’t have to. 

I know there are a million reasons why it's difficult, but it seems like an underserved market and like maybe the political winds are shifting to make it possible to build business models around this kind of development...I'd love to meet local folks who are interested in chatting about this - share ideas and knowledge, and just get to know each other.

With the market shift, lenders have a lot more time to take you on as a future client and work with you on your credit situation run estimates and get you ready to submit an offer.

City heights you can get away with it until there is a shift of policy.  

I'll occasionally help with strategic planning or program development, but the grant planning and writing services have the most demand.I'm slowly shifting my focus and my clients towards affordable housing/real estate. 

Aside from that, with recent legislation in Quebec, I would expect a downward shift in % that settle there.

Demand is driven by a demographic shift, Millennisals are sick of paying rent.

We are trying to shift from strictly being consultants to becoming developers and investors ourselves.

Once you generate enough cash flow to meet your personal and strategic goals you can start shifting to a more equity weighted strategy.