I have a pretty unique situation.I have a family member who wants to help me with my real estate pursuit/dreams to financial freedom.

Contact city of seattle fire dept, training division.

But, if you dont have a homogenous portfolio, ie a 1 million dollar commercial building vs 3-50k SFRs, you may want to have stronger protection or separate LLCs because of the unique exposure differences as well as asset loss potentials.  

If you are in a unique situation, the answer may vary.

And even if you did, it would only happen if they need to raise money, so it would be very difficult to pull off with the timing.So what remains are some of the second-tier sites, which haven't attracted venture funding for one reason or another, but hopefully have something unique or compelling that you feel makes them more worthy of an investment.

you beat me to the punch about Ocwen.Back in the day when things turned I was going to set up a short sale division in my Re company... so I thought I would do a few myself so I knew and understood how they worked then turn them over to my team.. well first one I try is with Ocwen it was such a pain I just completely gave up on the idea..

Do some research and find out what is the growing industry in your area, be it autos, tech, medical, etc. and then contact the real estate division of those companies to see if they are thinking of expanding. 

Very unique to Baltimore.  

Always looking for deals, partners and funding.I've also been a Realtor for 15 years and helped many other investors find their type of deal as well as maximizing their exit profits by utilizing unique target marketing to find buyers. 

The lady received it as a division of assets per the divorce decree.