I see how focused and organized you are, it's just a matter of time before you wrap up your first deal.  

Study the data, follow the local business news, look at future job growth projections, talk to the economic development committee or organization.  

@Shelly Forte organizes a BP NW Chicagoland Meetup every 2nd Tuesday of the month.

Totally different objectives and skill sets. 

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is a non-profit organization that was originally established under the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to set accounting rules for business entities to ensure standard reporting requirements.

start slow and grow organically.

This gives you a guarantee of a minimal rental increase should the CPI calculation be low, something you can't control but with this method you have a "worst-case" floor minimum rate increase you can depend upon. c) If the Tenant objects to the "minimum floor rate", offer to counter with the addition of a maximum "ceiling rate" that the Tenant could be obligated to pay.

Make sure the numbers work for your objectives and check out the company you are working with before giving them any money.When you buy a "Turnkey" property, plan to hold for at least five years.  

You do syndication because you want to share the wealth and even if you go solo on the deal, you still make your investment objective" I decided to practice that very strictly and charge each member...only $25 bucks each month.And that's it, after going through all the drama. we closed the deal and the renovation on the outside already started. one other cool thing about this deal is that there are already tenants occupied in all 3 houses.

-NickAttempting to make this a bit more organized.