Welcome to BP John,I hope you find what you're looking for as well as being able to contribute to help others as well~

Pretty much as Dion mentioned, I've not had an issue in SFD, larger multis can especially when a property manager is under contract and letting new leases, the lender can refuse, but if they do, they are limiting the contributions to be credited to the loan, so best to stay in business.

There is no problem having friends and family (besides them being friends and family) forming a partnership (LLC for example) and all contributing money to buy RE, then share the proceeds based on the % of thier contributions. :)

All,I've been reading, which tends to be dangerous for me, and thought it was possible to reduce your AGI by contributing to a Keogh or SIMPLE retirement plan.

This is nothing more than trying to circumvent the contribution limits.

Steve Might Here's the clause in my lease:"MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS Landlord agrees to repair the property when repairs needed are caused by forces beyond Tenant’s control and to which Tenant have not contributed.

Im always willing to learn more, and try to contribute, if possible.

This site rocks so thanks you BP and all its contributers and members.

I always had some vague notion of someday starting to invest in real estate, but haven’t had the knowledge or resources to do so.

I think that is really going to depend on what you have to offer based on purchase price, exit strategy, your contribution, JV partner contribution, time frame, comps ect.If you could give some more specifics that would help to identify what you have to offer to a partner.