Syndication is a team sport.

Overall if you build a team with a realtor, lender, property manager, lawyer, accountant, and a home inspector, I am not sure you need a mentor. 

Just need to trust your boots on the ground team as well to let you know if it's in a good area 

Are you looking to fly solo or join an agent team? 

You need to know where to build your team, look for deals, find lenders, make connections, etc.

I have an amazing agent who brought this deal to me off-market that he found with his team.

Main thing is, if you can't fly there and get the knowledge yourself, find and put together a decent team that knows that area really well.

There's definitely a learning curve and a much larger time investment in the beginning as you set up systems and get to know your property and market, but set up good systems and a good boots on the ground team and it can hum along in the background for the most part.  

I and my team have completed several hundred transactions in the last couple of years in Philadelphia and its neighboring suburbs (Montgomery County and Delaware County).

(I've already have a vetted team to do all the rehab and turnkey work)I initially was offering 10%-12% return on what is provided from the silent investor.