@Sarah Biggs, while it is true that the best education is simply to get on a team of some active investor in your local area and learn by actually practicing, you still may benefit from a mentorship program.

Things have changed, but software engineering remains a lifelong passion for me.Professionally, I’ve worked for some of the biggest names in tech — Microsoft and Meta (Facebook) — where I developed a strong foundation in scalable software practices.

The obvious to choices would be between smarter contact and launch control, however, I would like to know if anyone has tried any other platforms besides those two that allow importing cold lists from other softwares like propstream.

As an LP you won't typically have control in a syndicated deal, just like you don't have control when you invest in the stock market.  

It’s quite common practice when leasing properties.

Fear of losing control?

@Greg Kasmer @Anthony Taylor  The reason that Property Managers have this fee is because they normally allow their owners to have too much control over the process.

One anecdote, I just stayed somewhere where they controlled the temperature remotely.

Tom Wheelwright’s WealthAbility is a full-on SCAM with shoddy ‘business practices’ that needs to be investigated for consumer fraud!

Add in tariffs, and it’s a double hit.What you said about that $499K spec home now costing $660K in Milwaukee is the perfect real-world example of this compounding effect — exchange rates + supply costs + labor shortages = permanent price resets.Long-term, I think we’ll see:Delayed new construction starts due to tighter marginsInvestors pivoting more to value-add and repositioning existing stock rather than building newIncreased focus on local sourcing and prefab to control costsAnd possibly, more institutional buyers pushing into lower-tier markets as affordability worsens elsewhereIt will take a long time to bring production back to the US.