Builders built in a ton into the price of the home and then offer to give it back to you in the form of down payment assistance if you use their in-house (company owned) lender.

With syndications, you are usually investing money not for a basket of assets, but for one project, and if that one project starts to not go to your liking, you're not getting your money back.

I would be lending their money and paying myself a loan origination fee and perhaps a spread on the interest the real estate investor is paying and what the lender is receiving on the back end. 

I just got back last night from a 2-day trip to Mississippi.

Exiting flipping back into rental market.

Took a break to renovate my own house and am now looking to get back into real estate investing.

I have no video camera but the back door was left unlock in the kitchen area, and he had the code and he simply came and took all his stuff and now is blaming me for it. 

I got married 6 months back and my wife doesn't want to rent out the rooms anymore haha.

Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed, and we were able to successfully get everyone back on the same page: closing the deal.

While this is certainly possible, the no money down techniques usually rely on the seller carrying back either all the price in a note, or taking a subordinated note for the difference between a first mortgage and the sale price.