Gifting equity in a house may be more trouble than it is worth if you are not near the life-time exclusion1) Potentially having to get the property appraised everytime an equity is gifted2) Having a title company update the title every time3) Exemption of the gift tax return is normally for cash gifts below the annual gift tax exclusion, you may still need to file if you gift non-cash4) If there is partial ownership over several years, having to properly pro-rate certain items such as real estate taxes, mortgage interest and rental income if the property is a rentalBest of luck 

We are looking to connect with others to build a solid foundation to our newly started company. 

There are specialty umbrella companies that don't require you use them for car and home.2.

Looking at this past week's CMI, it's interesting to see the buyer/seller positioning in the SE-ish area compared to the NW-ish area with rates high 6's in JanuaryStill bullish on W/NW future demand due to TSMC factory and other companies (dashboard snapshot below) but time will tell.

I'm especially interested in hearing about how you've made a PMS geared more toward STRs work with MTR billing and leasing.I do remote operations support for an MTR/LTR company in Denver and am assisting with our tech stack build out. 

I have no personal experience with them but they are the only company I know of that are built more for self managers and small portfolios. 

Could you recommend a trustworthy and cost-effective company for this? 

I have five houses in Memphis area, and the biggest problem has been finding a good property management company. 

Just hire a 3rd party company that takes care of this for you - worth every penny.

I started my career with the renovations team renovating the houses we buy, and with the property management company working with our residents and our maintenance teams.