Two investors can own an investment property in unequal shares as:

• A. Joint tenants
• B. Sole ownership
• C. Tenants in common
• D. Tenants by entirety

Answer: (C)

When co-owners want to hold title with unequal shares, the arrangement that fits is tenancy in common. Each owner holds a distinct, transferable interest in the property, and those interests can be different percentages—like 70% for one investor and 30% for the other. There’s no right of survivorship, so if someone dies, their share goes to their heirs or follows their will, not automatically to the other owner. This flexibility to have unequal, separately transferable interests is why tenancy in common is the correct form. The other forms don’t fit the scenario: joint tenancy requires equal shares and includes a right of survivorship; tenancy by the entirety is designed for married couples with survivorship rights; sole ownership involves only one owner.