If you like to talk to me about it, I am happy to offer you a complimentary strategy session to discuss.

@Joe Splitrock: The difference between you comparing closing a business and ordering free rent is this: The ordering of a business to cease operation is totally different from ordering a business to give away their product or service for free.Secondly, your example of a bar focuses on the occupying of that space is not valid, because the customer is not paying to occupy the space, he is paying to make a purchase ...occupying a space for 5-30 minutes isn't what he's paying for; it's complimentary.

With some of the research I’ve done, it sounds like if we went the LLC route OR buy things jointly then the mortgages would show up on both of our radars - and, my concern with that is that I know getting more than 10 mortgages is challenging per person, so I’d hate to to soak up that potential with 10 shared mortgages, when individually we could have gotten 10 each (20 total)We both have experience with rentals and airbnb as we each of several of our own, but we’re looking to scale/expand and we have complimentary skillsets which would help make that possible, hence the teaming up - but just don’t know how to logistically partner up. 

In other words, for the buyer, an agent’s service is complimentary.

Have you considered partnering withing someone with a complimentary skillset?

I would try and find a few partners that have a complimentary skill set to mine that also have about that much money to invest and then I would start looking for value add apartment deals in the 1.2MM range and 8-15 units that we could buy, update, increase rents, add a good amount to the NOI in the first year or so, then try and refinance most of our money out by the latest year two.

Whatever you want to do, be sure to build a team of professionals who will support your activities....title companies, lenders, inspectors, contractors, photographers, etc.I can currently provide an insane amount of complimentary, world-class training from top producers around the country through at least the end of May through my brokerage. 

For the IWG program, I offer a complimentary strategy session to discuss the GROWER part of your situation. 

It's really a very complimentary relationship if you can find the right agents.  

I would paint the trim, shutters, and that thing above the windows the same or complimentary colors.