Rental Property Investor from Jacksonville, FLPREVIOUS POSTWhy I sold Cleveland.If you're a real estate podcast junkie like me, you definitely have noticed the clear shift towards real estate syndication in the multi-family space over the last couple of years especially.As deals became harder to find in single family and smaller multis across much of the desirable markets,the allure of pooling investor funds to acquire larger assets became a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy.Books that were mostly hurriedly written flooded the market pimping the upsides of this strategy.The argument for was simple and convincing:it is better to own 1% of a large deal than 0% of no deal.Personally,I could not help but notice that the popularity of the idea coincided with the rise of real estate crowdfunding.The likes of Realty Shares and Realty Mogul raised a bajillion dollars practically overnight making it very easy for everyday real estate aficionados to own small bites of a mega deal in rural Tennessee at the click of a mouse.A few of my friends experimented with the crowd-funding route, tossing $5000 into this debt offer and $10,000 into that equity offering.These punts yielded mixed results anecdotally, as an equal number seemed to have great experiences to share as did absolute nightmares.To be fair, no real estate niche is 100% fail-safe or iron clad.Money has been lost in a large single family portfolio as well as a personally purchased medium sized apartment complex.It is also certainly true that in the end, every investor will run out of money to invest in more properties if they decide to go it alone trying to rapidly scale up their portfolio, and real estate is most assuredly a team sport at all levels.

Start building a buyers list now, not later.Call local investors, attend REI meetups, walk open houses that investors visit.

Hi, I’m looking to start my first BRRRR in a couple of weeks.

Have you tried attending any local meetups?

@Nathan Beach Which REIA do you attend?  

I would like to host or attend an investor meetup this weekend in Nashville.

@Vivan Bhalla in the last Philly City Council hearing I attended, it was estiated that there are 60,000 properties in the city without rental licenses - so join the crowd.

Followed by your commitment, like attending a meetup.

Give yourself a 12‑week sprint: analyze 10 deals a week, attend one meetup, and post a weekly progress update to build accountability and attract mentors.

.- If we have to go to court a lawyer has to represent the owner and I attend as a witness.