This is a pretty stressful time for us right now, and are curious if there is any help or loophole to this situation to take some of this weight off of our shoulders.Thank you so much for your time.

It was stressful to say the least. 

Especially interested in connecting with anyone in the Chicago Western Suburbs who is active in local real estate clubs/meet-ups. 

Getting active in your local REIA, hanging out with similar like-minded investors and building relationships are key. 

I’m so happy to see activity from this area!

I'm sure @KimLisa Taylor and @Jillian Sidoti will be able to help you out or point you in the right direction since they are very active bloggers and forum commenters in that space.

He stresses that these owners would pay a whole lot in capital gains, and if kept to his death, heirs would be inherit at a stepped up basis, meaning heirs skips the cap gains at death.He accumulated quite a portfolio, and NNN is his favorite tool as no one doing residential real estate ever heard of it, and if they did, thought it's only for commercial properties.

On one side I am an active real estate investor with experience and (knock-on-wood) some nice properties. 

It's hard enough as it is to put larger deals and capital together let alone limiting that to the same 10 near-equal partners...and at any level of scale or over extended time periods.I know sponsors who work with small investor databases but it's still clearly a syndication with active and passive roles and equity splits that vary from capital contributions.

In April 2018, I read Rich Dad Poor Dad after running the numbers and realizing we would never reach financial independence with our current rate of active income.