The intent behind this idea was to give everyone lower exposure to one another, and to prevent an entire property team from needing to quarantine and by doing so leaving no team members to look after their respective property if that were to happen.

This at least gets you exposure to RE and can earn you some money without putting out any of your own. 

We don't have the oil and gas exposure like Houston and no hurricanes/flooding.

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Investment Sales Listing Brokers: Listing brokers have inventory, and can provide you with deal exposure - as long as you don’t waste their time or ask too many “newbie” questions.

In return for capital you get access to all-star teams who charge a very reasonable fee and you get the same economic and tax exposure as you would with doing your own direct investments.Good luck!

Exposure seems the biggest challenge. 

Find a few sites that allow you to post your home directly for maximum exposure. 

Logic and economics 101 says your colleague should list the property on the MLS: more exposure almost always = higher sale price and/or better terms for the Seller.Btw, I realize it is probably in your client's best interest to buy off market, but do you carry any responsibility for acting ethically in a deal that could come in front of a judge? 

With the kind of equity you'll have coming out it's also not a bad time to be looking at some defensive investing and allocating your proceeds strategically to lessen your correction exposure.