Investing for Two Different Places in Life

[Gavin Hirsch]

My father and I want to buy real estate together but we are in very different places: he is 60-something and newly retired and I am 30-something and eager to start my path to financial freedom. I would be doing most of the work and it would be mostly his money, not his entire retirement savings but still a good chunk of it.

I want to make sure that I do right by my father and set him up for success as well even though we're in different life places.  What should I look for in a deal to make sure we're both happy?