But whatever you do, remember, Return on Investment (ROI).

If the lease is for 10 years and you are ok with the return over that period and ok with the potential building appreciation etc. it might be good for you. .

If you are considering moving from Chi-town, I would move to where I could obtain the highest return on my investment.

The syndicator will give you a preferred rate of return and then anything above that rate they will start to take a portion of the additional percent (which is how they make most of there money).

The longer that investor has to wait to see his desired return the more discount there is because of TVM.

You need this information to run your investment numbers, to make sure the rental returns cover the expenses.If you do not want to be a landlord, you can hire a property management company to do this for you.

Another option is, if you have cash some developers need it to back their developments, and contract you a return based on what you put in.

This would be long term and the people in the group would not see any return till the sale of the property.

The Indian real estate market is appreciating at about a 30% clip a year (expected to grow at a higher rate) and gives a rental return of 10 - 15% a year.

A new study goes further and predicts most South Florida real estate projects of this nature won't even cover maintenance fees, property taxes or other costs.In a recent report, issued by the National Association of Condo Hotel Owners (NACHO), it projects returns for typical condo-hotel units in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Miami Beach and Coral Gables.