Crossing the lines may not provide proper liability protection.Personally, I just kept my SF rentals in my name and got excellent insurance coverage, $500K per property plus a $2M umbrella.

Can I advertise here on BP or is this going to get me banned?

They’d rather just trade toys on the sly and call it a day.3.

I would budget maybe 20-30k depending on how far you are going down.

Others have hit it on the head.

So advice to get the house against him and he will move out on his own is HIGHLY unlikely.  

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It's putting out lots of fires, managing finances like a hawk, keeping projects on time, in line and on budget, marketing the property & getting it through closing, and *then* doing it all over again - and that's if you're not doing any of the work yourself. 

Do they have any reviews on Google?

You can use it as a downpayment on a property over $450k and use leverage tax free.