It seems duplexes are valued on rent rates for the most part. I

I think if you can nail that down you will be able to find a market easier.As a buy and hold investor some of the things that were important to me when deciding on a market were landlord tenant laws, price to rent ratio, housing demand, ability to build a team, large population 500K plus, multi-family availability and some other factors.take the process step by step and you will be fine. 

Investment Info:Large multi-family (5+ units) buy & hold investment in Bryan.

In my opinion it would be cleaner to split partnership based on monetary contribution and then remunerate each active party for their work if the active work is more on one partner than the other.

One thing you may want to consider is the possibility of hacking into a small multi like a duplex.

Everyone in here seems to keep asking for someone that has done it, here is a video of someone that did get the check!

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

Yes, I am a property manager but even I use a 3rd party PM for my properties that are out of state.

I can say in Detroit the wholesaler your talking to has most likely found that deal from 2-3 other wholesalers, they literally have to payout 2 - 3 other parties to get the deal and this is what the fees are high and the deal makes no sense.

Usually the hardest part is coming up with the down payment.