You should plan on contributing about 30-40% of the capital needed as well as personally guaranteeing the loan.Strip malls aren't an asset class the lenders will be aggressive on.

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) recently issued an advisory to spotlight concerns for small businesses and entrepreneurs seeking to raise investment capital through crowdfunding.

I'm all about capitalism and not big on regulation, as I believe in taking responsibility for your deals, as Karen M. said.

Also, there are so many property management companies out there who could manage the property, and probably will.The only real expense risk I see is the cost of capital.

That being said, if in your position, with a friend that has money making them 1% or -% in the market, I would work out a simple deal where they could invest the capital and earn simple interest between 5-10% on a loan amortized over 30 years, with a balloon due in 5 or 10 years, or as far out as they will go.

So smaller capital players will be left with the less desirable more costly and probably more risky assets to clean up.

I am concerned because in case I want to sell the house at some point, I'd like to reduce my capital gains taxes as much as possible.

Once the National Banks in India have lent out their available capital to the local farmers, it’s all gone.

In particular, I'd like to buy some buy and hold rental properties with cashflow.I'm under the impression that doing this in California in general, and the Bay Area in particular, is difficult at best (and only a crazy person would try it in San Francisco).Just for background, I have about $80k in seed capital from buying and rehabbing a foreclosure here in Virginia.

If I can get a quick sale I'll avoid the capitals gain tax, but that may not happen.