If your looking at more of a passive investment you can look to a syndicate and you can expect to get 8-12% returns in that vehicle.

If they didn't do that, they would starve when winter arrives.The Future is VERY important.Another analogy I like to use is to Drive your Investments like an Investment Vehicle.When you look at past Data such as previous Sales, you are looking at the Rear View Mirror of your Investment Vehicle.When you look at current data, such as the current Rents and Expenses to calculate your Current cashflows or your Cash on Cash Return, you are looking at the side view... watching the action go by as it is occurring.When you look through the Windshield of your Investment Vehicle, you are looking at the road ahead.... seeing the path that it is taking you... and all the obstacles in the way.You are less likely to CRASH your investment vehicle by focusing on looking through your Windshield than remaining fixated on the Rear View Mirror or the Side Windows.If the bridge is out and you fail to see the bright red warning signs..... if your eyes are not looking straight through that windshield........ you will Drive your Investment Vehicle into the abyss down below.So please.....

What is your money getting you now in whatever investment vehicles they are in verses the real estate investment.

@David SimsWith the proper investment vehicle (such as a Solo 401k or IRA LLC with checkbook control), the investor has a lot of flexibility with regard to how they may want to structure these investments.

Also he has a slew of vehicle related issues under his criminal report. 

So please keep that in mind when forming the entity.If you guys decide to do a buy and hold strategy - some type of partnership vehicle will work(GP, LP, LLC with a lot of people opting for the LLC)Fix and flips + wholesaling will likely want to be done in an s-corp if you expect to generate a decent amount of ordinary income.

I'm a huge believer in rental properties and passive income, as a vehicle to achieve financial independence. 

I am rehabbing a 15 unit right now and when I first bought it my initial thought was to get everyone out so I could rehab at will and not have to worry about noise, trucks, complaints, vehicles in the way etc. 

The first 2 steps in our process with any client is to (1) first determine the clients goals and objectives for the investment (i.e. additional cash flow, retirement vehicle, wealth building, etc.) and then (2) secondly to explain the market in which we invest - explicitly.I would recommend that you start by defining the goal of your investment before doing anything else.

And personal debt against anything that is depreciable (i.e. a vehicle) should be dealt with, if possible.