You can buy a stock, in lets say apple or Microsoft, but that doesn't give you a seat at the table of CEO, CFO, COO ect... but In syndications, you can talk with the managing partner and get all the information, strategy, and experience ect.... 

Now even my 93 year old uncle uses an iPad, messages on his iPhone, and pays his bills electronically.  

It is as easy to pick out as a wrotten apple in a basket.

Sure, wages doubled with minimum wage at $22hr, but an iphone then costs same as what a used Toyota used to be. 

If Apple has a bad year, maybe Coca Cola has a good year.

They end up making it worse.Even if BP was to issue a warning about an investor, that doesn't remove their content from their website, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Apple and Spotify.

Or you excluded something from the actuals but didn’t also exclude it from the budget numbers to get a true apples to apples comparison (yes).

The new iPhone update proves this.

That is totally OK, just making the point that short-term rentals and long-term multifamily are apples and oranges --- different business models, different requirements, different level of involvement, etc.Just starting out, there is value in being close to whatever you're doing if possible. 

@Kathryn Lewis Comparing a short-term rental to a 401(k) investment is really apples and oranges.