There are several here on BP that contribute, including Kim. 

Curious as to how others are dealing with the 2017 TCJA tax change whereby promoted interests are now taxed as ordinary income instead of capital gains if you hold for less than 3 years: https://www.aprio.com/whatsnext/new-rules-carried-interest-rules-pit-cre-investors-against-developers/I have a partnership pending where my 30% cash contribution plus 1-2 years of sweat equity will result in a 50% share of profits over a 12% project-level IRR.

Needless to say, we believe we chose our location well and are super excited to improve Uptown Villas to contribute to the health of this growing area. https://www.dreamstoneinvest.com/ What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

This is what I would do, and if you fund your deals with hard money, you typically only have to contribute 20% of the "all-in" cost of the rehab (i.e. purchase price + rehab costs). 

Never heard of anyone getting fired over maxing out their 401K contributions.... 

She didn't contribute any cash to the property, but there was no way a bank would lend to me being an inexperienced 19 year old with questionable income sources.If you have a person who could do this for you it might be all you need to help make a bank have faith in the situation.

Looking forward to the local series and possibly an amazing opportunity to be a contribution to it.

I also want to open up a Roth IRA and make the full yearly contribution.

Depending on your RRSP limits and what you can contribute, you might want to consider self directed RRSP so you can lend that out as arms-length mortgages.

Thanks for contributing to this discussion.