Then continue flipping and use that $ for down and seed $ for MF either in cheaper areas of CA or in the midwest.  20 years of a little cash flow and pay off mortgages... retire with paid off houses.  

Tenants will shoot holes in walls and doors, start kitchen fires and not mention it, let their pit bulls eat the basement stairs and their cats soak the floors in pee, take the appliances when they move out, deal drugs and run a whorehouse from your property.The people I know who own places like this make their margin by being absolute slumlords, spending no money on upkeep.

I am sponge looking to soak up any knowledge about syndicating deals.

I'm soaking it all up. 

Use it like your seed money. 

Have to plant those seeds to let the grow.

Soak it all in while you're trying to get off the ground.

With your RE experience why not take the time to get a little more education on how to become a private or hard money lender and use that as your seed money.

I did that to fund the rehab for my first flip to generate some seed capital.

Literally the day after closing we had a HUGE rainfall and water entered the basement soaking the new carpet, drywall, etc.