In some states e-mail might be legal but non-enforceable in a court of law.You need to determine ( Is this tenant worth keeping?)

There are free e-signing programs available online.

All of my income is reported on my personal return, each property appears with its year-end totals on a Schedule E.

TL;DR -- how transfer 50% ownership of my rental properties to my brother?

When I searched for OKRs in the forums, I was surprised that this was the only mention of it on the forums, but happy to find at least one person also interested in using this transferable business gem. 

This is evidenced by an abnormal lack of new logins to our investor portal and a lower than normal amount of e-mail and phone inquires about our Funds.We believe that our country is going through the worst of the coronavirus fear right now as we reach peak new cases.

(*Thoughts: Private money seems to be dependent on knowing someone (which I don’t), Hard money seems more feasible, VA loan would require the home to be livable (which in turn may reduce much of the potential value add), conventional loan would require less stipulation than the VA loan, and personal credit cards (Not a bad option with 0% balance transfers and commitment to pay down.Complete the rehab in less than 6 months (I will work on the project when possible, but sticking to the shortest possible timeline is paramount).Rent out the units.Refinance it either with VA 100% LTV (Not sure if the lenders do a full 100% but that’s what Navy Fed is repping on the site) or Conventional 70-80% LTV.

Then your schedule e for your depreciation.

Notary feesWire feesCourier/delivery feesAttorney feesRecording feesState, county or city transfer taxes

@Andy Mirza agreed I've been doing emergency services in the mountains with 18k pg&e customers down.