I think the best thing to do would be to find a good-hearted person with a lot of experience and pick their brain.

If you're intending to invest in a particular niche as a real estate investor, it's best to study that niche including the local supply and demand in your area before taking action. 

However, if actively working in the business, the IRS requires taking a reasonable salary (W-2) before taking distributions.Since this is your first project, it’s a good time to discuss with your CPA whether an S-corp is the best structure for future flips, or if a different entity type (like an LLC taxed as an S-corp) might be more beneficial.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

Keep in mind your mortgage pricing/rate may change by doing this, so good to loop in your lender early on to let them know your intentions. 

I bought a house in Waianae a few years ago from a lady who moved to Anchorage.

If you are looking to arbitrage find the best short term rental arbitrage people that share videos for free, if you already have a property and are looking to run it yourself find the best people who share free videos on that. 

It won’t cost you anything and will have “someone in your corner” to work with a buyers agent.

There are too many factors in commercial to provide you general terms as terms can vary a lot depending on deal factors. 

In many instances, parties to a transaction try to hit a home run in one deal instead of remembering that they'll do better in the long run by taking care of the other people in the transaction.

When owning property with an unrelated partner, you can choose from several structures: Tenancy in Common (TIC) allows unequal ownership shares and independent transfers, while Joint Tenancy with Right of Survivorship (JTWROS) ensures the surviving owner inherits the property.