What many fail to recognize is the media and their source of information continues to feed this fallacy (mostly because they charge you to be a part of the community) and it will not end well for many.

After paying the tax, you can transfer the proceeds to your partner.However, Technically you should have filed partnership tax return where he would have recognized his portion of yearly activities and sale at the end.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

I live in the SF Bay Area and have decided to buy my first single-family home.I fully acknowledge and recognize that the SF Bay Area and California (in general) may have some of the worst cash flow numbers in the entire country.I've already traveled to cheaper Midwestern states to look at real estate opportunities, but have decided to invest here in the SF Bay Area as I'm purchasing with the intention of living in it first and foremost, and then renting it out sometime in the near future when I move overseas.I'm looking for anywhere in the Greater Bay Area/Northern California region (even Sacramento & Central Valley is okay) with better than average purchase price to rent ratio, and some appreciation (if possible). 

Most people wouldn't even recognize that this shower is ADA accessible it would just seem to be modern and no curb. 

Partner Driven recognized an opportunity to bring the property to market standards and turn a solid profit, with the local market indicating a strong demand for renovated homes.

Partner Driven recognized an opportunity to bring the property to market standards and turn a solid profit, with the local market indicating a strong demand for renovated homes.

These service providers recognize new investors like yourself are unable to articulate the risks they are  protecting against or how this is accomplished which leads to the upsell of complexed entity structures.

Recognizing the value before the price reflects the value is the challenge.I agree with the OP that RE investing is more challenging now than it has been in years.  

If you consistently analyze properties, recognizing a good deal will be much easier when it shows up.

What’s little know is that Washington recognized in the land he surveyed that certain parts of that land had potential for development, while the majority of the estates had less or even little potential.