I'm excited to learn from all of you, and I hope I can contribute some knowledge as well!

One typically wants to reduce the purchase price so you can contribute more.

If you are still employed and still at the company where you contribute, you can take a sizable loan from it.

Or you could each contribute your interests in the property into a new LLC and have the LLC then become the owner. 

Contribute in increments of $5k to the pool - you would receive "read access" to the pooled account3.)

We're thinking of using Landlord Studio or Rentec to keep track of income/expenses at the property-level, but would still need a way to track expenses for the organization (not associated with any individual property), as well as tracking capital accounts for owner contributions. 

Basically you are finding cash outside the LLC and use it to contribute to the LLC as your capital contribution. 

You should also be aware that seller contributions on investment properties are limited to 2% of the purchase price.  

I hope that I can contribute to the community here!

The financial returns are just table stakes, and it's >50% about creating and contributing something and having an impact on a place.