It is complicated because these investments are long-term, illiquid and completely out of your control.  

Optionally, use an irrevocable trust for added estate planning benefits, though it limits control.

So that was my first partnership, we bought houses and I controlled the whole process and I learned so much.

That might not be a bad practice - I don't know if there's a template for that. 

You also need an attorney that understands real estate practices. 

My primary focus is on Wholesaling and Rehabbing in NJ and PA area.I’m eager to learn more about strategies, best practices, and the challenges of real estate investing, especially from those with experience or breaking into the market.

Best practice is to do this type of modeling after you've seen the property and gotten the reps to know what all the numbers mean.

Night Before the Exam dot com is a good state study test if they have it for your state.To be clear though, the majority of what you learn in the class is not used by residential real estate agents in practice.

Well, most of those OTAs have a bunch of premiere partners and still have plenty of limitations on what exactly can be controlled via API and whatnot, so that's not really saying a lot.Doubly worrisome is that there are almost no hands on reviews of Hostaway, and any time the name comes up on BP or Facebook groups there are suddenly a dozen new "users" whose first and only post ever is to talk about how great Hostaway is, without providing any details. 

Control everything but own nothing.