Partner or not to partner

[Trey Read]

Hello BP!

I am trying to decide which direction to go with my initial investment.

I’m 26, I’m 100k liquid and I’m eager to get started.

I’m a full time commercial construction superintendent with some flipping experience but no buy/hold experience.

I expressed my desire to start RE investing in multi families, to a guy I’ve done several side projects for.

A few days later he reached out and wanted to know if I’d be interested in partnering on a deal.

He has a couple small SFHs he rents out (he’s never done a multi family) and he would also be the main source of capital for the deal.

We would be looking mostly in the central Ohio region.

My question is IYO would I be better suited to partner with someone like that, or start smaller with my own capital and be on my own?

Just looking for some shared experiences. Thanks!