If not, I’d bet there was no partnership return.Assuming a 50/50 split, you should take half of all income, expenses and profit and report that on your return.

Your best bet is going to be to join the facebook groups, there are 3 major ones in Lansing.

Some sort of owner occupied strategy (house hack or live in flip) is probably your best bet for a first investment.

New user, first time post.Trying to gather info for an HOA Board about possibly having the HOA buy 'bulk' cable TV, Internet (Wi-Fi) with VOIP for use by each owner in a 55 year old and over HOA with 62 dwelling, plus a clubhouse with at least two additional TV usage locations (main clubhouse room, plus exercise room).Cox/Xfinity is the current supplier for the entire property which only has coax cables installed on the property below ground.

Unfortunately there are a ton of asset protection services relying on scare tactic messaging through  social media and the internet which ultimately infiltrates real estate forums such as this leading to confusion and anxiety amongst new investors  and finally the upsell of services that are unnecessary.

If you're looking to avoid a rather large tax hit, a 1031 is probably your best bet.  

And that gave us a feeling of security that allowed us to take "riskier" bets.

So a nicely decked out  cabin I bet would rent real well for STR purposes  Not sure about permits etc..

Trying to go to companies directly is rarely going to be your best bet. 

There are people on the Internet who teach this skill for price- I don't have a direct recommendation, but they're out there.