They are highly recommended in commercial real estate industry. 

I used to be a full time CNC machinist originally working in the oil industry and then building custom guitars.

I am new to the real estate industry but am hoping to leverage my experience as a business/financial analyst to learn as much about the market and investment analysis as possible.

I plan to be in the Real Estate Industry for the rest of my life.

There may legal events regarding the file which mean we have either bankruptcy or foreclosure issues.  

i am interested primarily in buy and hold residential properties and my goal is to purchase my first property by the end of this year, hopefully sooner.I look forward to getting to know everyone and everybody i can as i prepare to take the plunge into this awesome industry!  

@Chris Reeves  Not at all my area of expertise.. however I have been around a few syndicators over the years.. and the general partner usually has some pretty good discretion in the event the sunset and subsequent sale is not optimal.And I imagine the sponsor could just go back to the investors for a vote to see what they want to do.I have seen though fixed debt get called in the last GFC... with owners that were on 5 year call notes ... having their notes called because the bank was not in a position to roll it over..

I currently work in the investment industry as a mutual fund sales representative and am looking at investing in real estate within a year or two.

great to be on such educative forum, I would like to attend real estate events in the Baltimore area, just to network & share information with other investors, I'm in the Glen Burnie area, any ideas of upcoming events will be deeply appreciated. 

I had my handyman install a removable ceiling in the event we need to access those pipes again.