Partner would be largely silent and does not want to participate in management.   

And your group of tenants can remain under one lease, extended indefinitely, with participants cleanly substituting for one another.

Simple things like the increase in the participation rate and age of the work force can change unemployment data, but are only tangentially related to the economic cycle. 

Simply enabling either side of the equation to participate in a transaction it could not otherwise might create such a benefit.  

You can listen tot he podcasts, read the articles and blogs, and participate or observe the forums. 

While "accredited investor" has a pretty straight-forward definition ($1M networth or $200K income), "sophisticated investor" is defined more vaguely as someone who understands the potential investment and can make an informer decision about participation in such investment. 

Again in Florida it may be different (although having a Tampa agent come on would be a big help)I went ahead and looked up the rules for the MLS in Tampa and the following is listed:"Note 1: The multiple listing service shall not have a rule requiring the listing broker to disclose the amount of total negotiated commission in his listing contract, and the association multiple listing service shall not publish the total negotiated commission on a listing which has been submitted to the MLS by a participant.

There is a wealth of information available on BiggerPockets from the podcasts to the forum participation to the blogs and the articles. 

You can participate as an LP/investor which requires you to be either a sophisticated or accredited investor (depending on the way the deal is structured). 

If no money is made (or if money is lost) they participate in that gain or loss.