We are both self-made, and while the goal feels daunting, we know we have it in us to hit it.Long story short - I love my job, but I'm done making money for other people!

Given your question however, I get the sense that this might be your first time managing a project like this and so would strongly advise that you connect with a General Contractor that you can trust as it will end up saving you a lot of time and money over doing it on your.

I aim to utilize other people's money to invest wisely in buy-and-hold multifamily properties.

Owning a property with the sister is about impossible as she is not good with money or business minded.

First, I'm paying a lot of money for these strategies so it wouldn't make sense to then share them for free with others.

I would rather spend some front end money now and do a relocation, then be able to use simple side-by-side units than to be forced into stackables or all-in-ones.

They believe putting it on the MLS will make the most sense to them.Like everyone else, we are always willing to partner with people that want to learn through experience and find more propductive ways to find deals.There is money to be made in real estate in this current economy, if you find deals that have not yet hit the MLS.

With a lot of these deals, they will be very disheveled, and you will need to buy them with hard money instead of conventional financing. 

You can offer them cash for keys-give them money to move.

The choice to invest now depends on your money and how much risk you can take.