A few options I found already that would be beneficial is owner financing, partnerships, and PMI.

The best way to get around this hurdle is to have a partnership with someone who does have the job security (and funds) while you handle the dirty work.

The main reasons for the ‘two tiered entity’ approach is for branding and if you were going to be doing multiple different partnerships.

Typically in a partnership, you bring something valuable to the table and the partner brings something different.

If Tom, Joe, and Pat are investing their capital and each of them has a specific job, laid out and explained in detail in a partnership agreement then a normal joint venture may be possible but if they do not have jobs in the partnership then you will want to consult with a syndication attorney or a securities attorney that specializes in private placements or real estate syndications.

We also have kids and as they get older I wonder if it would be more feasible and fair to divide the property as a real estate partnership that would exclude my brother and me but include my 2 sons and his 3 sons.

I needed office space following a partnership dissolution.

I have a w2 job and my option is just doing partnership/ investing.

I'd leave it at 50-50 if that's their contribution.HOWEVER (and that's where these deals get sticky), you need to bill the partnership 100% for your work which affect cash flow.

I think Atlanta and Tampa REIAs have a partnership, too.