Do you have a professional firm supporting you on guest experience and strategic marketing? 

A partner and I are looking to strategically move into multifamily properties in Georgia.

I am willing to sacrifice income initially in exchange for operational success and deal security.Would anyone be able to help me out with strategizing financing?

I also think this is the time to rollup your sleeves and get to work by strategizing how is it that we are going to get this money back wether through legal advise or future litigation.

Second, I think Tom's post should get us thinking about how a "seasoned" investor (whatever that definition is to you) would approach a deal and try to imagine the world from their point of view so we can try and think more strategically.

I am currently debt free but there is no way in heck I would have gotten here without strategic use of debt.

Doing a "strategic default" is a hard decision.

If trends didn't matter borrowers would not be inclined to strategically default.I think I could go on for a while with this but I think my point here is made.

He is very good at doing home renovation, and has capital, but lacks the focus and strategic mindset needed for investing.

That said, here are the five main tax factors that are relevant to passive investors:Depreciation: usually, the depreciation (if it is passed on to the passive investors) is such that they won't pay taxes on their ongoing distributionsCost segregation: Cost segregations is a strategic tax planning tool that allows companies and individuals who have constructed, purchased, expanded or remodeled any kind of real estate to increase cash flow by accelerating depreciation deductions and deferring income taxes.