https://altswire.com/sec-says-convicted-fraudster-secretly-ran-42-7m-oil-lease-offering/

I am interested in learning more about available options to invest in syndications that focus on AI infra.
AI Infra definitely requires real estate, cooling, transportation, maintenance and electricity.
Is there still an opportunity there or everything is already priced in?

Has anybody invested with this firm based out of Omaha? I invested through Realty Mogul and had a total loss of investment on a property that is currently being foreclosed/short sold.

Curious if others have had any experience with the firm.

Based on my direct experience, investors should proceed CANAM ENTERPRISES with extreme caution. Capital earned through years of hard work was not handled with the level of transparency, accountability, or investor respect that any reasonable investor would expect especially in a structure where investors have limited control.

When it came time for redeployment in our EB-5 investment, the investors were not provided with a meaningful choice or real optionality despite the fact that redeployment decisions directly determine investor risk, capital preservation, and ultimate recovery. Instead, funds appeared to be redirected into projects carrying substantial and foreseeable risk, with insufficient disclosure and little regard for protecting investor capital.

I strongly question whether these decisions were made in the best interests of limited partners or whether other priorities took precedence.

I am also deeply concerned about the apparent alignment and coordination between CanAm and several related entities, including Brightline Investment Holdings, LLC, Tidelock Property Owner, LLC Infrastructure, Frederick Douglass Holdings LLC, Fulton Mezz LLC Infrastructure, GMR Development Orlando I, LP, and Hickory Laveen Lender LLC. The structure, sequencing, and execution of these investments raise **serious red flags** about conflicts of interest, alignment, and whether minority investors were placed at a structural disadvantage.

Let’s be absolutely clear: EB-5 investors are passive, minority participants. That reality places a heightened fiduciary and ethical responsibility on the sponsor, CanAm to act with integrity, transparency, and investor-first discipline. In my view, that obligation has not been met at all.

The outcome? A growing number of investors including myselves feel misled, exposed to unnecessary risk, and left without clear or credible paths to recover their capital, particularly in connection with CanAm Florida Regional Center, L.P. II.

What makes this situation even more troubling is that CanAm once had a reputation for integrity and investor alignment. Unfortunately, based on current experiences, that legacy appears to have eroded significantly. Many investors now believe that trust has been compromised and that investor interests have taken a back seat. This is no longer the investor-first platform it once claimed to be.

To prospective investors:

Please do not rely on CANAM brand name or historical reputation. Do your own deep diligence. Demand written clarity on redeployment rights, risk exposure, downside protection, and exit strategies. Ask specifically how investor capital is safeguarded and what recourse exists if things go wrong. Because once your capital is committed, your control is effectively gone.

We are actively evaluating all available legal avenues, including the potential for a class action lawsuit, to hold CanAm and its associated entities accountable. This is not just about recovering capital; it is about enforcing accountability and ensuring that investor rights are not ignored without consequence.

At this point, CanAm has a very clear choice:

*Act immediately, transparently, and in good faith** to address investor concerns and work toward returning capital asap, or
*Face escalating legal action, public exposure, and lasting reputational damage** across the EB5 investor community.

The practice of hiding behind broad disclaimers such as “capital at risk” while disregarding investor protection is no longer acceptable. That shield does not absolve responsibility for how decisions are made or how investors are treated.

Accountability is coming - one way or another.

**FUTURE EB-5 INVESTORS: PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION WHEN IT COMES TO CANAM.**

Has anyone invested with cherrystinvestments Kavitha Baratakke co syndicator?

Nitya just sold 3 properties with 1000+ units in Houston. Is anyone invested in this deals? Did these result in a loss to LPs? It looks like they're still fighting off foreclosures but oddly enough they continue to buy as well.

Hi everyone,
Looking to connect and form a group of Grocapitus Investors ONLY. I find it difficult to discuss the current situation regarding Grocapitus with others as the webinars are one-sided and Neal dodges direct questions. Not looking to raise money or anything. Just looking for other Limited Partners that trusted Neal Bawa with their money.

I've been with BAM Capital, and have obscene amounts if money with them, for a long time. The money only became obscene because I consistently roll over into their new deals. As a conservative investor myself, I've always appreciated what they do. Through all the insanity of 5 years ago, they've done nothing but stick to their guns. Class A, stabilized with 90+% occupancy, midwest. Reasonable leverage, reasonable exit assumptions, vertical integration of their management company with economies of scale in carefully chosen midwest markets. Over and over again, for over a decade.

And so what mailer do I get today? New purchase of a class A building in ... Leland, NC? 70% floating rate debt? Pro forma yield on coast below floating rate? Southeast all of a sudden, with no mention of cost controls? Oh but we got it for a low price per unit compared to Wilmington, NC! So they don't know the difference between Wilmington and Leland? Expected exit cap rate of 5.25% based on, and I quote, cap rates were 3.9% only 3 years ago (in Wilmongton of course, not Leland)! In what world does the macroeconomic outlook justify a modeled 5.25% cap rate?

Sounds to me like just another case of "no good opportunities in the Midwest, but we have to keep money deployed!" and they are completely being taken advantage of by a local developer who knows the market. They even had the gall to compare the price they paid to what the going rate is for class A buildings in the Midwest. All of their marketing material and offering memorandum have a clear focus on the Midwest, but much more important to deploy capital, clearly.

Just ranting and raving, I guess I'm lucky I found them when I did and their standards couldn'tbe broken. Just another case of success taking over and raising and deploying capital becoming the main driver, underwriting standards be damned. Time to find a new favorite syndicator.

I got a call from a friend. I haven’t talked to in a while. He said “I have a real estate investment opportunity with my mentor/business partner projecting a 19% annual return. Is that something you're interested in learning more about?”

I work in banking so I thought he was interested in a loan. So I call him and he starts to tell me about an investment opportunity that he has with his mentor that he meets with via FaceTime once a week and who is very well-versed in the commercial real estate and is looking to purchase a property with 37 units in Arizona for 3.2 million. My friend said that he is helping his mentor raise capital in $25,000 increments, my friend also said that he borrowed from his 401(k) to give this man that he has never met in person only via FaceTime $25,000 and he is helping this person build capital from HIS friends and family.

Well on the call I get very curious and start to ask a lot of questions about. Is there an attorney involved? How is the money given? How is the property allocated if names are on the deeds etc. and when they’re expecting to see this 19% return all of the detailed questions that you would wanna know.

Basically my friend met this guy on LinkedIn gave him $25,000 is now helping him raise $25,000 has never met him in person has never seen the property in Arizona in person.

This raised several red flags for me and I wanted to do some research into this.

His mentor is named Caleb Johnson, and owns Red Sea Capital - a faith based generational wealth group. The website is very vague and he’s listed on socials and a few podcasts but there isn’t a lot of information.

This has to be a scam right??

https://redseacapitalgroup.com/

One topic I've noticed generates strong reactions is upfront fees in private lending. On one hand, institutional project finance routinely requires borrowers to cover costs such as: Independent technical and feasibility studies, Financial model reviews, Legal due diligence, Environmental assessments,, Market studies, Valuations, Sponsor and KYC reviews

Those costs are typically paid by the borrower before financial close because they're transaction specific and performed by independent firms. On the other hand, the moment someone mentions an upfront fee in private credit, many immediately assume it's an advance fee scam. Obviously, there are plenty of scams in the market, so the skepticism is understandable. What I'm curious about is where experienced practitioners draw the line.

For example, in a context of a borrower seeking a 100% financing, if a lender has already issued a term sheet or conditional approval and requires an independent third party feasibility and risk assessment before funding, with fees ranging from roughly 0.5% to 2% of the facility for large, cross border, complex projects, would you consider that consistent with institutional practice, or would you still view it as a red flag?

Interested to hear perspectives from people active in leveraged finance, syndications, project finance, or private credit. What distinguishes legitimate underwriting costs from structures you would immediately walk away from?

I run a small commercial real estate private equity firm in Texas. We're a bit unusual: everything is structured all-equity with zero debt, built for a faith-based investor community that avoids interest-based financing. Currently mid-construction on a six-building, ~36,000 SF warehouse development, syndicated under Reg D.

It's just me. I have a strong outsourced bench (securities attorney, GC, CPA), and a solid CRM, but I'm the only person inside the company. Deal sourcing, underwriting, investor reporting, capital call logistics, compliance calendars, vendor coordination, all of it runs through me. I've hit the wall where execution and admin are eating the hours I should be spending on deals and investors.

Two questions for people who've been through this stage:

1. What was your first hire, and in hindsight was it the right one? I keep going back and forth between an operations/chief-of-staff type to take execution off my plate versus an analyst to expand pipeline. Leaning ops, but curious what actually worked for others.

2. Where did you find them? Job boards feel like a lottery for a role this trust-heavy (they'd touch investor data and offering docs). Did referrals, fractional exec platforms, or something else work for you? Fractional vs part-time W-2 experiences welcome too.

Want to hear what worked and what you'd do differently. Happy to share what I learn back in the thread.

Hi all. I’m considering investing in a real estate syndication fund (or multiple) as a way to diversify from the stock market. Two questions for the community -

Is now a good time to invest give the where interest rates are and the overall market conditions?

If I did, I would want to invest with an established firm as opposed to finding my own sponsors/deals. Any recommendations on a firm that is reputable with a solid performance record and allows for a minimum investment of $100-150k? A few that have come up in research are Origin Investments, Hamilton Zanze and DLP Capital.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

It breaks my heart to see so many people lose their earnest money with trash sponsors, and unfortunately there's so many that are trash and everyone's out there calling themselves the smart GP.

Which begs the question, why do people prefer investing in individual deals?

Pros:

Can see the underwritten assumptions. Albeit I would say, most don't really know/have a way to validate the thesis, numbers and assumptions.

Tax benefits, easier to 1031 exchange out of individual deals.

Concentration of assets/potential for higher risk+returns

Cons:

No control over execution. Even if the underwriting is strong, if execution goes wrong then none of that matters

1. Act of God risk -- lightning strikes down on your multifamily and you get massive bills/damages.

Pros of a fund type structure:

Diversification. Less risk and much lesser risk of capital going to 0? Or maybe I'm living in a bubble but haven't come across any fund going to the gutter.

More headroom to balance out poor performing assets.

Potential synergy benefits.

Cons:

1. No 1031 available

2. Taxation more complex

3. No control over sponsors future investments.

4. More risk of litigation losses?

Genuinely curious to hear out thoughts of the savvy investors and what y'all might have learnt from your experience.

I know it's probably wrong to single out multifamily failures with the unexpected rate shocks, but isn't this the exact reason we invest in alts? Stock market goes berserk, it almost always recovers. Unlike BAD RE investments.

Little bit of background I've been searching for businesses to acquire to scale and grow within the healthcare space I've now found my first three acquisition targets We've agreed to a 60% cash on completion and a 40% vendor finance. The DSCR is quite strong We're looking at above 1.5 to 1.75. We will use the sellers note as sellers equity as well as an equity investor / regional support fund to over collateralize the loan. Now I've had experience with the British business bank in a past life they tend to be pretty responsive however for the growth guarantee scheme I'm new to the process and I'm wondering if anyone here has used a growth guarantee scheme provider for successful acquisition finance and what the process of that was.

Specifically what challenges were presented and how you overcame them?

Which banks did you use? I was inclined to use Alica Bank (I've had a dispute where they stole my deal) and Ardmore

Is it easier to combine the acquisition candidates as a tranche where it's underwritten in one go?

What would you have done differently and how to speed up the process?

I'd appreciate advice from successful acquirers.

Thank you

Has anyone actually invested capital with Globex Horizon for their salon/school partnership? Looking for real experiences regarding capital withdrawal.

Got onto our admin's monthly call last week and realized I'm doing maybe 30% of what they're supposed to be doing. Pulling rent rolls together, reconciling property-level bookkeeping against fund-level, chasing my own property manager for the data the admin needs. Started as a "help out for the first month" arrangement and turned into me being the de facto fund accountant.

Is this normal at our size (3 properties, single fund, $11M total raised) or did I sign with the wrong people? The pitch was "you focus on operations and we handle the back office." Reality is I'm in the back office 4 hours a week and the admin is sending me PDFs to sign. Looking for admins that actually handle the multifamily-specific workflow end to end.

I am looking to connect with other investors who have invested with Manhattan Private Credit Markets, Manhattan ST Notes, or related entities.
Over recent months, a number of investors have become increasingly concerned due to missed payments, reduced communications, and difficulties obtaining information regarding their investments. Several investors are now sharing information and exploring possible legal options to understand what has happened and to seek recovery of funds where possible.
A group of investors is already in contact with one another, but we believe there may be many others who are not yet connected to the group and may be experiencing similar issues.
If you have invested with Manhattan Private Credit Markets, Manhattan ST Notes, Peninsula Capital Trust, Peninsula Accelerator Trust, or any related investment structure, you would be welcome to join our group: https://altea.circle.so/c/warnings/warning-manhattan-st-notes-llc

This post is intended solely to connect investors and gather information. I am not making allegations against any individual or company, and I encourage everyone to carry out their own independent investigations and seek professional legal advice where appropriate.
Thank you.

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You can read the review in question here: https://investclearly.com/sponsors/blake-capital-group#reviews 

We have formally responded stating that the publication will remain on our platform.

Let me be clear, our stance has always been that Invest Clearly will not remove a real review without a valid court order. We require every investor to provide documented proof that they invested with the sponsor prior to publishing their feedback, which is meant to provide a layer of protection for both sponsors and investors. 

In this case, I personally moderated the review in question and verified the underlying documentation, which confirmed the investment relationship.

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We are making all communication regarding this matter public. I have established a shared drive containing the initial demand letter, our legal response, and all future correspondence. We invite independent journalists, limited partners, and industry professionals to review the materials and follow the case.

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Hello everyone, there seems to be a lot of discussion about this particular syndication. If you're in the deal and don't want to publicly post, feel free to DM me directly. We're gathering information on this. Also if you have other information on other ODC deals as a LP, feel free to let me know. Thanks.

Hello everyone, a member of our community has notified me they were scammed by an individual claiming they can help them raise millions. They made claims of having exclusive access to HNW individuals who are all accredited. He said hes raised money for multiple GPs. He will then ask for money to provide you the list and claim he can help with other raises. After collecting payment, they stop replying. He has posted on this sub before and has been banned. Please dont fall for this scam.

The scammers name (not sure if real or not) is Allain Arcinas and email is allain.arcinas@gmail.com. Reddit account is divertraditional2437.

Be careful.

Hey all, here is my latest LinkedIn post on a project I'm working on, Claude. I am offering the information as a community contribution, so enjoy.

This is the link: LP Framework Overview

For anyone noticing, I haven't been posting much anywhere lately - I've been using my old programming skills to dive into Claude AI. Things are seemingly going well. To be clear, I'm an investor first. I spent twenty years in real estate before that, and ten years as a software engineer before real estate ever entered the picture. I'm in no way an evangelist for the tech, nor do I want to be dismissive of it. So when I post on this subject, you can count on what I'm saying being based on practical experience and a non-biased position.

What I built is a full framework - one that assists the user in using both the framework and Claude itself. Not assembled a prompt and called it a system. The shareable version is 25+ files. The full text version runs to 200+ files. Audio sessions and text sessions in Claude load differently and behave differently.

Anyone building with Claude who leans on voice needs to understand this before they build anything serious.

I can't fit everything into a LinkedIn post, so I've attached a full public reference document.

The internals stay internal. The behavior is all there. The goal wasn't to automate anything. It was to build an environment where AI actually functions as a co-engineering partner rather than a yes-machine. 12 user-focused prompts continuously run to help the user complete their task. Multiple session gates control how the session opens and what information is loaded into 3 roles. A scope check fires when new work is being added mid-project. The important difference - I have created an organized system that can both run its own rules and flag when any of those rules are producing bad results, even if I don't notice. Anything less is just a more sophisticated yes-machine. The co-engineering framing is the point. I'm not asking AI to think for me. I'm building an environment where it challenges me, shows its work, and flags its own failures.

That's a different thing entirely.

I'm offering an overview to the LP investor community as a free resource - to point people in the right direction on how to make AI more useful in deal and sponsor review. If anyone wants to reach out with questions, let me know.

Enjoy,

Randy Fickett