What type of advice are you looking for?

Perhaps if your partner was a general contractor or handyman type there may be some merit there to reduce costs / increase profitability.If your partner enjoys deal sourcing, a better move might be for him to become an agent - so he could legally collect commissions from finding deals and managing properties for multiple people. 

There are so many plays to run in this game I don't have time to type them all. 

So I bought one and it's been rented out ever since.What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Over time, I’ve accumulated more cash reserves and don’t need as much flexibility, but I’m actually in the middle of a refinance right now using an interest-only mortgage—because the pricing with the lender and the corresponding ARM is more favorable than a comparable principal-and-interest loan.The key with these alternative or "exotic" mortgage types is that you need to be financially savvy and have a solid plan.

REI type.  

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

You don't even check for these types of Tenants!!!"

Depending on the flooring specs you *might* be out of luck because a lot of LVP/laminate type flooring specifies on the install that straight runs will be no longer than X number of feet and room changes will be installed with a transition.

Ask what type of law they do.