To break into multifamily without giving up too much control, consider buying a small 20–40 unit solo or JV with one trusted partner, that builds your MF resume fast.

Those would be important questions and then just see what other value they could bring to the table, maybe trusted lender or property management partners.

Entities such as LLCs, corporations, trusts or self-directed IRAs are not eligible for the One Property Exception. 

If they know we have their best interests at heart, we become a trusted advisor.

Is it the timeline, asset class, or just trust?

These loans enable multiple individuals or lenders to be listed on a single loan as beneficiaries, sharing the same debt position and owning it pro rata.In this case, your name and the names of the other investors would appear on the note and deed of trust (or mortgage), along with your percentage ownership—totaling 100%.

If a new tool made it dramatically easier—start to finish—would you trust it?

That’s way cleaner, way less chaos.As for out-of-state, that ='s high trust, high risk without the right team.

Syndications like DSTs (Delaware statutory trusts) allow you to defer all of the tax but also provide some cash flow, while eliminating the hands-on aspect of real estate investing.

The “seller’ is living in a construction zone, giving up on a known closing date, trusting your numbers and work for a possible gain, that’s their judgment call.