Hi Joel, I'm in the Milwaukee area and often joint venture with others on their first deals or in situations where they're not interested in buying the deal.

However, my intent with this post is to connect with local investors to discuss the possibility of joint ventures for buy and hold, fix and flip, and other strategies.My contact info is below and you can reach me at any time!

Facilitate the co-buying process: Are there platforms that simplify the joint purchase of real estate properties?

Turns out that despite the driveway being pitched correctly away from the house, the water pools on the other side and backs up via the damn expansion joint in the concrete, and quite efficiently was draining between the driveway concrete and the house, right into the corner of the foundation and all those bricks over who knows how many years.

@Duriel Taylor Since you are not interested in holding any Real Asset, one option is you Joint Venture, with someone on a Flip.

Also, there a joint ventures than you can participate in that are other than notes. 

If you file joint it is just the $500K mortgage. in our area, many have 800-1M mortgage so they take a small hit. 

If you and your wife file a joint married tax return then you are both the tax payers for the property anyway.  

A third option is to joint venture with a more experienced investor who can deploy your capital into an asset and let you "earn as you learn" and split the profit from the upside in the asset. 

If there are 2 people on title in a joint tenant with right of survivorship, can 1 of the joint tenants transfer ownership to someone else without the consent of the other joint tenant?