As you were in property management, not sure if you ran your own company, but as you look at it..

I have some properties in Abilene and have really enjoyed the market there.

If loan balance is $300k and it's worth $400k and an equity partner puts $40k to bring it current then they have about 40% of equity in the property - now they would not take straight $40k as probably more costs involved.

I am looking to invest in some properties in DFW but did not realize how many houses had foundations issues here due to the clay soils. 

@Christina Galdieri A 1031 exchange cannot be used for the sale of a business itself, as it only applies to the exchange of like-kind real property used for business or investment.

On a 320k property Ill be paying 9k annually. 

Likely, you will need to find a property in need of significant work.

It's more important than doing individual property analysis, because when you do a proper market analysis, you are analyzing ALL of the properties in any market(s) at the same time.Now, one of the analysis "pitfalls" is not understanding what defines a market, or more importantly, a Micro-market.Another problem is focusing on one strategy, and trying to fit each market/property. 

// Shared Ownership, Different Rules TIC Owners: Hold fractional shares of the entire property, but no one owns a specific unit outright.

Quote from @Richa Wardhan: Hello everyone,For those who call St Augustine home/ investment home , how challenging is the process to build an ADU on your property in St Augustine?