I know Jason Holton does some investments and joint ventures in Ohio.

One thing I would consider is finding another investor through your local REI meetings and doing a JV (joint venture) deal with them.

I have an owner of a distressed property who has almost 160000 in equity in her property and the best usage for the property would be to convert it to a triplex. Her husband and her are too burned out to manage the la...

My firm raises capital in the form of proprietary private equity for investments and structures joint ventures.We specialize in condo high rises and multi family townhouse developments etcIs this your area of expertise?

Whether it be a joint partnership or helping me buy a fix and flip or acquiring rental properties.  

I should also add at this point, this would be a joint venture between my brother and myself.

Can I purchase a property with a family member and refinance it from a joint loan to a loan in my name only?

Do you have to open a new LLC under yours with a joint checking account? 

While the first spouse receives the deduction, the second spouse then claims that income on -  Schedule C - and pays self employment tax.It's the exact same result, but you've at least transferred some Social Security/Medicare over to the second spouse for retirement purposes down the road, so that's good.If you're looking to figure this out for being a landlord, then you just put everything on one Schedule E for property you own jointly.  

From what I've seen, known money is the first thing to be clarified.Than aside, everything depends on who's name(s) are on title and how they were put on (joint tenants etc).