This requires careful structuring and compliance with IRS rules.Installment Sales or Buyouts – Instead of distributing properties outright, investors can sell or buy out their respective shares over time, spreading out tax liability and reducing immediate capital gains impact.LLC Restructuring (State-Specific) – Converting the corporation into an LLC taxed as a partnership may allow for a more tax-efficient asset distribution.

Having said that, this is ultimately why I keep pricelabs, it gives me a structure to easily adjust prices via seasonality which I did not have before, it also continues my prices beyond the 12 month window - this helps if I forget to adjust future pricing and then the platform goes back to my default base rate kind of thing.Having said that I am no master or expert of PriceLabs. 

If structured well, this can be a great way to get started without much cash.

Purchase price: $28,500 Cash invested: $178,000 Sale price: $250,000 Bought a 3 unit riddled with drugs or prostitutes from the city at the tax auction, spent a year gutting and consolidating all three units in two structures to a single-family home with an exterior side entry garage.

Some fear losing control, while others are unsure how to structure a fair and profitable partnership.

The financing structure includes a hard money lender holding the first lien and private money lenders holding the second lien.How did you add value to the deal?

As a cross-border investor, I'm likely going to need advice on entity structure to protect my liability while also not being double-taxed, I'm going to need to network with experienced investors/property managers/agents in the Cleveland area.

You could structure the deal with seller financing to bridge the gap.Possible offer structure:-Purchase Price: $170K - closer to actual value-Down Payment: Low or zero down to conserve cash-Interest Rate: 3%-5% - or better yet, 0% if the seller will agree-Monthly Payments: Interest-only or deferred until the sale-Balloon Payment: Full payoff in two years when you sellIf he wants $200K, you can still make an offer of:-$170K purchase price + $30K as a second lien due at closing-Seller carries $170K at a low interest rateHe would feel closer to his number, but you still keep within reasonable investment limits.2.

While his loan isn't assumable, you could structure a deal where you take over payments while giving him equity in a seller-financed second note.

Beyond real estate investing, BiggerPockets Money has great episodes on how to avoid the middle class trap with your investments - ie how to structure your investment best so that they're not all locked up in accounts with penalties until you're 65.