Make sure the deals are cash flowing, a lot of syndicators are currently trying to sell you snake oil with no yield. 

After reading many of the posts by broker/agents my takeaway is that honest, experienced, knowledgeable and competent agents are tired of the inexperienced, part time, or fly by night agents (fly by night: someone who enters as a salesperson for whatever is “hot” at the moment, be it real estate, oil and gas leases, used cars, etc) muddying the waters and causing them twice the work to close a transaction.  

Have you thought about investing in gas and oil with about a 9 to 10 % roi.. its a 1031 exchange alternative of like kind. 

Talking 30-100 SFR property range pool with that being a portion of their investment portfolio(so not including ag, oil, timber investments, etc.). 

2. main bathroom: the toilet wasn't flushing and will most likely need to be replaced. the tiles on the floor and along the wall were also showing signs of coming off and will need to be replaced. 3. flat roofing material has aged and will most likely need to be replaced soon. 4. water heater is working but has met its life expectancy; will need to be replaced soon.5. water supply piping has started rusting in certain areas and will soon need to be replaced6. radiator in the main bathroom on 2nd floor not functioning7. oil/water boiler has met life expectancy and will need to be replaced soon8. chimney shows major deterioration/damage from exterior and needs further inspection9. wood framing in the rear of basement shows evidence of rot. the kitchen is directly above this area of the basement. extent of damage could not be determined due to insulations and will need further inspection10. pavement in the back of the property have cracks that are leading rain water towards the house. we were hoping to renovate this so that the water is diverted away from the house.

Originally posted by @Tony Kim:Originally posted by @Bob Prisco:@Dan Heuschele well is seems you are lashing out at me and insinuating I am a snake oil salesmen in a public forum without all the facts,  not cool at all. 

I went straight to the gas and oil field afterwards and learned on the job and make 5x more than anyone I graduated with.

Brandon drinks Beard Oil by the gallon, and I'll let @Russell Brazil chime in about his skills.

Corvee is snake oil.

I will tell you I think they are mostly broke fools who've been separated from their money by snake oil salesmen who've told them easy money stories and sold them lists of "motivated sellers".