Quote from @Bill B.: I agree with everyone and would add:It’s California.

The second piece is whether or not you pass the Material Participation Tests found in IRC 469 and the third piece is whether your participation rises to the level of Substantial Services (think hotel, B&B).4) My CPA Says I can't deduct a loss that was generated! 

Column A - year Column B - total units that year, adds previous year total to new units added in Column CColumn C - new units added that yearColumn D - $60k per unit value added for that year (assumes it stays at $60k per year which is wrong, but you could tweak to have it match the 2% inflation from columns E & F)Column  E - takes previous year value from column F and multiplies by 1.02 or 2%Column F - Adds columns D and E for the current year.

Quote from @Bill B.: If you have other/better offers you take those offers instead.

@Abel Eskinder since you're out of the country, you'll probably want to give some thought to our copy & paste info below:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a Class A property in Class D area, what quality of tenant will you get?

If it was my deal, I would: A: Ask to be GP or no dealOr B: Become a LP's in someone else's deal (you'll still get a good return) and then you can learn the ropes of syndication and real estateJust my 2-cents

The tradeoff on the joint financing is going to be the (refi) costs associated w any transfer of ownership, HOWEVER transferring title to the LLC is unlikely to trigger due on sale (b/c it sounds like most banks simply aren't monitoring and/or enforcing due on sale in these instances) which would make the ownership (sans the actual mortgage note) more easily transferable than exiting your position as an individual owner?

@Renee CossRecommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a Class A property in Class D area, what quality of tenant will you get?

Class A/B Property - Duplex2bed 2 bath each unit with garages.

B or better neighborhood with an active sales market.