I'm in the early stages of beginning a partnership with a partner who will be entirely funding the purchase of a multifamily property. My role will be to manage the property and be the "boots on the ground" as the oth...

There are many funds and private investors that would allow you to be a working partner of Joint Venture partner as you suggest.

@Annabelle Rozen One you venture above 4 Units you will MOST LIKELY need to put a minimum of 25% down.  

I have built and remodeled houses for 20 years but I now want to venture into some buy and hold properties.

My wife and I are new investors in San Jose who have a JV venture partner for fix and flips.

Investment Info:

Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Kansas City.

Purchase price: $35,500

Cash invested: $33,829

Sale price: $125,000

I bought this house located at 420 North Whi...

Understand all the roles within Multifamily, and think of where you might excel the most, and contribute the most value within a Joint Venture or General Partnership.

Joint venture takes less time but theoretically require investors to be non passive if you want it to be ironclad.My opinion, I would just draw up a simple contract in plain english since its people already lined up. 

An audit is one of my biggest fears in this venture, so this helps put my mind at ease a bit. 

@Giovanni Santoro I recommend you do the work to make money first and once you know you can make the money to warrant a business structure then you should begin to think about LLCs or SCorps.Good luck in your ventures!