The two deals with friends both ended poorly with friendships ruined and tens of thousands in legal fees and court costs.

Wholesaling is a great low cost way to make a lot of short-term cash, but it does not build long-term wealth.

In total it cost me about $500.Unfortunately, I was not able to reconcile the needs of my niche market with what the Capital Syndicate had to offer. 

Transferring the rentals into LLCs before marriage helps maintain separation and adds liability protection, but California’s $800 per LLC annual fee makes it costly.

I think the house flows really well in person (open floorplan, high ceilings, large house with spacious room sizes) and you just can’t represent that in 2-D photosI’m honestly not sure how to do a video or 3D virtual walk-through or whatever, I haven’t looked into it and have no idea how much it costs.

Just a fYI as that can be a pain (and a costly one)

I point it out on flips or old houses, talk about how much it costs, and I don't think I've ever had a buyer give a flip (pun intended).The other trick for a buyer's agent is 90% of the time, they'll never know who the appraiser is or when the appraiser is scheduled or what their contact info is. 

And then also do you typically repay each partner their upfront costs from the profits before then distributing profits?

Another neat piece is the IRRRL, which allows for cost-effective refi's (similar to R/T) if rates ever drop. 

...And what the buy-in cost is?