Our hope is to work for the same firm so that we can operate as a team and work, learn, and grow together by leveraging our distinct skill sets. 

The best way depends on your personality and circumstances.  

We never thought we would want to sell but life circumstances change!

A likelihood of default isn't in and of itself a great risk depending on the circumstances .

I never waste my time researching the reasons why a applicant does not qualify, in an attempt to qualify them, I simply move on to though next applicant.Landlords that are desperate will often try to make a unqualified applicant acceptable by convincing themselves that they are low risk due to special circumstances.

Investing for vacation houses is called "lifestyle investing" and is distinctly different because the premise of it is that it's more about the vacation-ability and desirability of the house over the cash flow.For buying your own house versus renting, check this article out- https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/01/1...

Capital is more common, but depending on your specific facts and circumstances, sometimes debt is better.

It will depend on your circumstances. 

I also spoke to the auction house to see if I could get the LLC credit charge reversed and charge the deposit instead to the trust account, but they were unwilling to do that.Be that as it may, the distinction here seems to be between loans and contributions, and I would say things that are paid back are loans, and things that are not paid back are contributions.

Are there different circumstances where the answer is different?