official first meeting with partner

[Julius Dixon]

a friend of mine and i are meeting in a few hours to start planning for our first property purchase. we both live in manhattan and are looking to purchase a 4-6 unit residential building in the nyc metro area (most likely an outer borough or nj) to begin buying and holding properties. we are looking for properties that will require work / reparis upfront. what are some important first steps that you would discuss with a partner upon starting up (i.e. financing, partnership structures, deal sourcing, property management, business incorporation, etc etc etc.). my background is in finance, and his is in architecture, and we're friends from college. thanks!