If you’re holding onto tasks that someone else could do better, faster, and cheaper, you’re limiting your income potential.Discussion: What’s One Area of Your Real Estate Business You Need to Let Go of?

Your ability to qualify depends on income, credit, and lender requirements, but leveraging your equity makes your request more feasible.

Throughout the year I come across situations where people need to sell there home due to a variety or reasons, job loss, income loss, health, divorce, etc.

I also have personal W2 income, if that matters.Is there a loan out there for a set-up like this at 15% down? 

City proper has been on 5 year bear market completely unrelated to anything political, the suburbs have been adding inventory since the summer but are still very low but any measure and have actually gotten tighter the last few month, while I am open to the idea these cuts could eventually have some effect on the market, about 20% of the dc area is federal employees, let’s say the federal government cut the work force 25% which would be huge, that’s 5% of the population, but a good number of those people are either two income households where one person works in the private and/or the person being laid can go get a similar job in the provide sector l, the percentage of households who would be forced to sell thier house over this is likely in very low single digits.

I am seeking recommendations on how to network with investors and find those who may be interested in coming on as a joint venture/partner.

I think the OP is talking about property tax not income tax ??

Both higher income yields and appreciation in value. 

If your new LLC is a disregarded entity (single-member or owned solely by you and your spouse in a community property state), it won’t trigger a taxable event, and you’ll continue reporting income on your personal return.

We'd even be happy to move them into one of our (future) properties and just let them keep all/most of their rent income as free cashflow.