We come from a background with a whole host of skill sets and would like to build a relationship with other investors.Looking forward to speaking you. 

My husband and I have been renting what was formerly our primary residence for  nearly two and a half years and need to sell by the end of August to qualify for the capital gains tax break to fulfill the requirement that we had lived in the property two of the past five years.  

Gaining a market sense AND people skills are a whole other matter.

My goals and personal skills point me towards the buy and flip and or hold side of things.

Sponsor in these deals in my mind is far more important than the deal.. there are deals everywhere that's not hard to do.. finding qualified ( VERY EXPERIENCED) sponsors who have been through many economic cycles is hard to do.

You have one qualifying person. 

It qualifies for like-kind IRS treatment so it can be a great backup option.

When it gets closer to us being able to qualify for any kind of mortgage we will probably get with an attorney to understand if an LLC is a good idea right now.

However, when the appraiser, whom BofA hired, came to my house, he submitted the report to my Lending Officer at BofA that I needed to re-paint and fix some of the damages on the exterior of my house before I could qualify for the loan. 

@Dustin Rand, at the risk of oversimplifying it, only one of those options takes advantage of all three skill sets equally.