@Timothy HoodIf you will be forming a partnership, or even if you choose not to form an entity and simply joint venture into transactions, you would really want to have an attorney help you out.  

The blue signifies the major portion of the house, the other parcel is listed as vacant but you see a bit of the house crossing over. 

Kenneth, If you need any further assistance, we've bought and sold 8 facilities, developed a few, and assisted in about 50 other transactions with our students totaling well over 1 Million Square feet.  

They are experts in cross border tax and legal strategies, and can provide a consultation for your best structure to use.  

I've completed several transactions in your area as Oregon offers several investment opportunities on rural land.

Cross the small street right in front of you and follow the building around to the other side.Here's a streetview link so you'll know more or less what you're looking for. https://www.google.co.jp/maps/@35.4674817,139.6224..."

Alexander, I would recommend to talk to somebody that can figure out weather it's a deal or not first.If it is a deal and you have it under contract you can: shot a video of the house, post it on YouTube and add a link of the video on Craigslist as " handyman special" etcPut an ad in the local paper for $200List it in the market place on BPAdvertise it at your local REIA Title Co is a business that completes real estate transaction and records documents at the County.

Unfortunately, as @Dave Carpenter just pointed out, some buyers/investors are caught in the cross-fire due to various conflicting interpretations of state, local and sometimes sub-local compliance by individual inspectors.

I have met with a couple of the bigger agencies around Birmingham and they are looking for a percentage of the commission on each sale but I wanted to see if anyone knew of a broker I could put my license with who only asked for a fee per transaction.

Converting passive income/losses to non-passive without an arms' length transaction in between would not be acceptable to the IRS.