Rent ready in leveraged RE in this market does not produce returns that meet my expectations of return for my effort. 

I believe many of the 2nd homes will be too far or too small to meet their perceived needs.  

With your balance sheet and cash, you can put together creative deals without giving up equity and without using your cash but you are going to need to find a market and product which has 7-8% cap rates.I invest in the northeast, Great Lakes area.Diverse economies with education, healthcare as the back bone and tech as growth.In your area, you’ll have to raise way more capital in the form of equity just to meet DSCR with the banks.

However, everyone involved would need to meet the IRS requirements for a 1031 exchange.Finally, regarding transferring an individual property from the partnership to a member directly, this could be tricky.

For the office, it is advisable to begin with home office deduction if one meets the requirements of the law.

Consolidation needs to cycle, with all infrastructure maturing to fully meet new size and facilitate continued growth.

Starting a property management company with my brother and my dad was a mix of teamwork, trust, and family dinners doubling as business meetings.

If you ever want to meet up in Marin and grab a coffee to discuss, let me know. 

Would love to connect and get to know/meet investors on here and form a relationship where we can help each other.Thanks any advice is greatly appreciated!

I was under contract for a property, and the financing fell through due to the property not meeting the lenders requirements and not being sufficient.The seller is trying to keep the EMD as I have signed and requested the mutual release.