MFREE 106 Trailer # 4 with Brandon Rickman: Is It Possible to Invest in Syndications Without Going All In?

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Think you have to quit your job to start investing? Not even close.

In this episode, we break down how full-time professionals are tapping into syndications—like our $14M self-storage deal—with as little as $50K. 

Even if you're not swinging hammers or chasing deals, your capital can still be working overtime. 🧠📈

💡 We also talk about how savvy investors are pairing hard money leverage with syndication investing. Borrow 90–95% on a flip, then deploy your own cash into passive opportunities that aim to double your return in 3–5 years.

It’s not about choosing one lane. It’s about stacking smart plays.

 ✅ Steady job

 ✅ Solid income

 ✅ Strategic capital deployment

That’s how you move from working for income… to letting income work for you.

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Episode Transcript

Brandon Rickman (00:00):
Whether if you're employed, if you have a,

(00:01):
a normal nine to five job andyou have some good income, yeah.
You can obviously take thatincome and save, like you're
talking about, to invest.
In our particular syndicationwith our self storage facility
we have a minimum investment of$50,000.
So you can get involved eventhough it's a$14 million
project.
Part of that is a bank loan andpart of it's syndication, but
you can invest so.

(00:23):
if you're an accredited investorand you have a good paying job,
you've saved up some money, youcan use that money to invest in
a larger syndication.
And we're seeing, 1.8 to 2.1.
ROI on that money over thecourse, like you said, it's
usually a three to five year.
Hold time, but you know, it'speople, usually coming close to
doubling that return.

(00:43):
Obviously each deal isdifferent.
So I think that's one strategyfor people who have a full-time
job.
And then obviously for otherinvestors or people who are
becoming full-time investors,You can utilize a couple of
different strategies.
One being hard money lending, towhere you're borrowing 80 to 90.
We have some hard money lenderswho loan up to 95%.

(01:03):
Of the purchase and or rehab ofa property.
And so instead of me having toput a hundred percent of the
money in, um, to do the work,let's say I've got a$100,000 on
the side or a$200,000 on theside, um, I can get a, a hard
money loan and only put 5% or10% down and then take some of
that cash that I've got sittingon the side and invested in

(01:24):
another syndication or twosyndications or three
syndications.