Find someone at your local REIA who you click with and see about partnering with them, following them through a project, or offer to trade your labor/skills for them mentoring you. 

Point of the post : Over time, I have taken the DIY route on a majority of my properties and have learned a ton in terms of trade work.

Palo alto the 180 recently traded at 3.2 mil and the 350k one would be over 4 mil.. and would have cash flowed a ton :(  But you know I was at the time afraid of negative cash flow and I did make substantial profits on each that went into my business.. so not all bad.. 

The heirs can choose to hold their shares and receive dividends or sell them.Passive: Allows investors to trade an actively managed real estate asset for a passive investment in an Operating Company that is typically run by an institutional asset management firm.Consistent Income: Operating Partnerships can issue dividends or distributions so that the investor has cash flow.Portfolio Diversification: Enables the investor to achieve diversification across geography, industry, tenant and asset class in an Operating Partnership structure.

The decision becomes so much easier if the exchange rate is close to 0.8-0.85 which where it has traded traditionally.

Ask lots of questions of the trades and builders/investors.  

If so, make sure you research the due-on-sale clause and the repercussions if you violate by QCD to LLC.BTW: as long as your LLC is a single-member:1) There should be no tax consequences of the QCD.2) Any income will flow through to your personal tax return via Schedule E.Confirm with a tax professional!

You can use 1031 exchanges to trade multiple properties for fewer to make it easier to manage in retirement or even to trade into passive real estate investments. 7.

Because it's the trade, a trade they deem well worth it. 

Wait, there’s tax consequences when investing in real estate?