This has a high probability of leading to stress in your marriage.3.

Now building a new home, that can put a strain on a marriage. lol.Every single "reality show" on television isn't.

I get the whole concept of 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing, but you don't want to get into a bad business marriage either and if you're going into   I've been fortunate that all my partnerships are with close friends/family that I have full trust in.  

My wife and I are both DINKs, live far below our means, and the only debt obligations are a $500 car loan (thanks, pre-marriage wifey) and a $1k mortgage.

Disagreement over money can cause massive stress in a marriage and a bad marriage or a divorce could ruin even the best investment.   

., not related by blood or marriage) under a single lease contract?

Payments from renters covered the rest of the mortgage and utilities, which came out of joint account.Equity is now ≈$75kProperty now valued at ≈$290kDue to marriage, brother wants to buy out my half at the end of December, which he's pretty adamant about.

@John David Hall Congratulations on your marriage and on finding a home! 

Perhaps b/c they are on average more likely to take the concerns of the female in the canonical marriage seriously?

However, in the real world your life will have it's ups and downs so maybe for 5 years during your 30's you don't contribute at all because of marriage, kids, medical expenses, and so on.