Yes, we have ways you can be a private lender to invest in short-term or long-term projects. Typical minimum investment amounts are around $100,000; we can offer double digit returns on your capital backed by actual physical real estate. If this is something that interests you, please email us at Invest@RentToRetirement.com and put PRIVATE LENDING in the subject line to learn more about these opportunities. We strongly believe that if you are a novice investor, you are likely better off building your own rental portfolio before exploring this option – or at least acquiring some rentals at the same time as lending capital. Please read below for some reasoning why. Ultimately, owning physical real estate will offer the highest returns, lowest risk, and most education, in our opinion. That is why we encourage all investors to build a strong rental portfolio first. We always want to tell investors that the best thing you can do (especially if you're a new investor and have under 10 properties) is to build your portfolio first. You're going to get a better return based on appreciation, tax benefits, cash flow, and leverage. Use leverage, especially right now at the lowest interest rates we've ever seen in history. Go out and build your own portfolio first. Once you have additional expendable income, then you may invest in other placements like syndications – or maybe take on a more active role. Both these options are higher risk. Syndication is highly risky. With this, you're not using leverage to acquire the property. You have little control over the investment because you may be invested in syndication with hundreds of other people, so you will likely not learn much. It is literally turning over control of your money to someone else. Syndication is more of a route to possibly pursue once you have ample income and a strong portfolio, when you're not looking to expand your own rental portfolio or take on more leverage and you just want to place money somewhere else.