There is no problem having friends and family (besides them being friends and family) forming a partnership (LLC for example) and all contributing money to buy RE, then share the proceeds based on the % of thier contributions. :)

All,I've been reading, which tends to be dangerous for me, and thought it was possible to reduce your AGI by contributing to a Keogh or SIMPLE retirement plan.

This is nothing more than trying to circumvent the contribution limits.

Steve Might Here's the clause in my lease:"MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS Landlord agrees to repair the property when repairs needed are caused by forces beyond Tenant’s control and to which Tenant have not contributed.

Im always willing to learn more, and try to contribute, if possible.

This site rocks so thanks you BP and all its contributers and members.

I think that is really going to depend on what you have to offer based on purchase price, exit strategy, your contribution, JV partner contribution, time frame, comps ect.If you could give some more specifics that would help to identify what you have to offer to a partner.

Any advice is greatly appreciated and once again I would like to thank all of the people who created and contribute to this site!!

To be sure, I'm not talking about a repeat of 08-09, as the factors that caused that to occur are a long way from occuring again.I'm talking about a downturn specifically caused by factors other than those causing the 08 09 downturn.Thanks again for contributing.

This doesn't include lots which tend to contribute about $10-15 per sf to the total cost.