Thanks so much to anyone who could weigh in or give pointers to connect the dots for me.Well, you could do a joint venture agreement.

I'd suggest you understand the differences between lending and equity positions and follow the tried and true methods of partnerships, joint ventures etc.

The tax law allows this if you file jointly and your spouse is a real estate professional (per IRS definition).

Millions upon millions of jobs lost "forever" ("exported" to the "third world"), more millions lost half or more of their retirement accounts, creditors slashed and burned consumer credit to the point where, by the banksters' own numbers, some 74% of Americans wound up with "bad" credit (it was only 47% before they did that), ...Now, add in the knee-jerk responses in the lending industry and you've got a situation where only the elite of formerly middle-class wage earners can even hope to qualify for new home loans.In fact, the given the current housing shortage (yet more fallout from the crash), it is ONLY the dearth of lending which is keeping home prices from launching into interstellar space by suppressing demand.

My spouse could be an employee (form W-2), a parter (form 1065), or we could classify it as a "qualified joint venture" where we file two separate Schedule C's for the same business.  

But I was already knee deep in it and thus I pushed forward.

If anyone may be interested in a joint venture please contact me.  

I would also say that finding a good property manager is worth some extra effort, it can literally make or break your investment.Here are some pics from our new build, we did a joint venture with our friend who is a property manager here in town.  

I am at least ankle deep (but more like knee deep!)

I'm new here and eager to get my feet wet in the game by doing joint ventures with open minded investors in Atl.