Another thought you could just keep the tri-plex and gift them the net income each year...it's basically the same thing without any transferring. 

@Andrew ReedOne of my favorite quotes is "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, not to their own facts".

I don't know much more specifically so ask your CPA about gift taxes (I think she could give you $17k of gift money a year without taxes) or capital gains taxes if/when you want to sell. 

USNWC is a favorite of mine as well!

I want to use her equity as a gift for the down payment to avoid capital gain taxes.

These are among our favorite residents to host.

I spent close to six months looking at various vendors in the space, and below are some of the ones we ended up choosing (including one of our favorites, Hospitable).Each of the hours underneath the categories refer to what I estimate the monthly time-savings are by deploying the technology within the box for us.

My wife and I end up paying a little over a $1000 per month to live in one of our favorite neighborhoods. 

I will be glad to send you a $50 Amazon gift card for a really plausible theory. 

Looking at you @Lance Kawakami Steve every now and then there is someone like Lance that pops on to BP and thinks he is gods gift to comedy...