Clear well defined goals and agreements as to your individual responsibilities, contributions will be a good start.Best of luck on the journey! 

Thus the real estate owners get richer while others are left worst off3) The money to subsidize this has to come from tax dollars which means higher taxes on local individuals and businesses, leaving them with less capital to invest elsewhere or spend on other consumer goods.

Reach out to investors and like minded individuals.

I have some capital put to the side, furnishings/decor ready and two cleaning companies already in pocket but need to find an individual/company who is currently subleasing so I can finally get my feet wet.

@John Stewart Happy to chat from my perspective, we manage for hedge funds and individuals that own single, multi and commercial.

We did have a break in and the sensors went off, SimpliSafe called us then the police, and we watched & listened as the police questioned this individual for an hour.

Not correct at all.....just like for an individual, money spent buying a property is not an expense.

Owning individually after 35 years plus getting your wife on board to the refi idea at all is just noise IMO. 

The pandemic ignited a boom in a sweat equity strategy known as multifamily syndication, where investors pool their money to purchase apartment communities, and a sponsor manages the property’s rehab business plan and oversees daily operations.This year, a leading equity crowdfunding site conducted what’s believed to be the largest-ever survey of individual real estate investors in order to gauge their appetite for investing in a pandemic.

Read some studies (but consider who paid for them and their motivation :-) And cities like LA, Seattle, NY cannot blame the vacation rental market for their housing problems, those are the result of failed policies by years of leadership....Vacation rentals have many benefits over standard rentals that you might consider a) they open up areas to vacationers that would ordinarily not be accessible (not everyone wants to stay in a hotel district).b) they almost always improve the neighborhood they are located in - the house, inside and out, must always be in near-perfect condition in order for the landlord/host to stay in business.