If your wife spends more than nine months in CA you are jointly a CA resident unless you can show a separation agreement and file accordingly.

would you want them to invest in something you want to own with them jointly?

So the easiest two options are per project joint venture and simple funding (lending) for projects.

I would suggest you and your wife open a Joint Taxable account to deposit your additional income into.

One more way you can raise additional cash is if you have an Individual or Joint Taxable account.

There's a $325 HOA with it which includes yard maintenance and joint pool.

Do you happen to have an Individual or Joint Taxable account?

@Kevin DuBrey If you have an individual or joint taxable account, you can contact your brokerage and discuss getting a Margin Loan or Line of Credit to borrow cash at a low cost against your portfolio.

We'll be opening a joint bank account and contributing cash and then making cash purchases of extremely distressed properties that won't qualify for bank lending.Thank you,Aaron

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