@Austin Fruechting Congrats on being able to truly say that you are your own boss, and can completely control your future!

Some things will be out of the control of the tenant.

Those details will be worked out before anyone takes control or possession of the property to avoid the issues down the line.  

Landlords that feel it is necessary are over controlling.

Basically instead of gifting money over time, he could buy/control an asset right away that we could all use and then gift it to us incrementally.My thought was he could fund an LLC with myself, my brother, and him as the partners in the LLC and then gift his interest over time at an amount that stays under the gift tax.

http://kuow.org/post/rent-control-illegal-seattle-...http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2017/04/chair-of...Tenant Ownership can be a powerful tool to create, preserve and improve affordable housing.

ref=br_rsRent Control Oregon https://www.planetizen.com/node/88793/rent-control...

Animal control was called twice over a span of 2 months and our lease is very specific about being in breach by not containing her dogs.

If you want to 1031 that equity into a multifamily more local to you, in a market you are more familiar with and can maintain control over your investment, that's a different story.

Stay in control of what you are responsible for until you have developed some trust of your Team members or employees.