These folks will help you organise how you acquire and hold properties to fit your long term objectives and provide you some control over how/when/where you pay taxes - you can never avoid the taxman, but you can occasionally dance on your own terms. 

@Gabrielle Quarles, what has been the business partners' objections to not refinancing the property?

.” - Alex HormoziThis line during Alex Hormozi’s YouTube video, “30 Minutes of sales training that will explode your business in 2022”, hit me like a ton of bricks in a super pivotal time in my business.Us entrepreneurs and investors have shiny object syndrome a lot of the time.

There is no objectively right or wrong answer to the question what is fair...if they are both happy with the deal, that's all that matters...

Some of those I question how the buyer intends to make money, some will as they have large operations and work on smaller spreads but do quantity, others are all cash without leverage and have lower holding costs (albeit lower cash on cash returns), and others are just rookies or freakin crazy, not to mention the hoard of wholesalers making offers way too high and then having to back out.

Tenants will not object to a slightly higher rent if the value you offer is worth it.

I'm curious of thoughts out there regarding buying a few good quality properties and focus on debt paydown and highest and best (HABU) vs. accumulating mass quantity of rentals.

Lender guidelines will vary when it comes to ownership % requirements between partners where the objective is to have a non-borrowing partner.I would strongly recommend working with a mortgage broker that understands your loan structuring goal. 

No system is perfect, so don't waste your time chasing after the next shiny object.

BP is a great place to learn from the experiences of others and form genuine connections with other investors around the country.I'm a born-and-raised North Jersey investor and Realtor up in Bergen County, so I'd be happy to connect and chat about you and your investment objectives.