Most if not all builders will still hold a healthy dose of GFC-PTSD. 

If you went in at his suggestion and the repairs were significant you can always re-negotiate with more skin in the game.

Personally, I can't imagine being so thin-skinned that someone changing or taking down one of my posts would lead me to throw a fit or leave in a huff, but that's just me.

Centralized mental health is a necessity. 

If you do not have HEALTHY cash reserves, you'll run out of money. 

Obviously nothing I or anyone else can say here will heal this wound.But for the benefit of other readers of this thread I’ll share some balance.Syndications carry risk, including the risk of complete loss of principal.  

Typically the HML will fund it and they want that skin in the deal to proceed, and I know some agree to 100% financing when you have a lot of experience.

Definitely agree that there can be a super healthy relationship between Realtor & property managers, especially when they each specialize only in their area of expertise...

The deposit amount when working with a lender comes from the lender - it is basically the amount of skin the lender wants you to have in the game. 

In your transactions, the broker has “skin in the game” to be able to get some of that profit.