If it were me, I'd tell my brother than I get my downpayment back first, then we split and additional profit at sale 50/50 (presuming he matches your other expenses).

If you go for the registered agent service, do a bit of digging into different providers and their offerings to find your perfect match.

They want to deliver so if they aren't seeing a match, there is no reason to waste anyone's time or money. 

Buy new from a local Mom and Pop who beat or match Home Depot/Lowes.

There you will be asked your criteria and then after answering a few questions you will be matched with 3-5 agents or loan officers in your area.

There you will be asked your criteria and then after answering a few questions you will be matched with 3-5 agents or loan officers in your area.

Last thing you want is to get in a building you have to continuously pay to own, but make sure your goals matches what you are looking for in a building. 

If the address doesn't fully match, it gets kicked back to Sender as "Unknown".According to USPS, my only recourse is having the City add a new address entry for only the street address (no apartment unit) in the system.

Insurance has to match vesting, in many states insurance is a mess.David mentions that he owner occupies 1/2 with another tenant and wants both himself and other tenant to pay the LLC.

Here's how I do my due diligence:1) Portfolio matching: (takes 30 seconds per deal)a) Have an educated opinion on where I think we are in the real estate cycles (financial and physical market cycles)b) Then and only then do I pick the strategies, capital stack, and specialized asset subclasses that make sense for that opinion.