If you're "value-add" strategy has a window less than 5 years then perhaps that might be the best approach but getting approval from the city before going nuclear might provide the best outcome. 

Look forward to creating my own resume in real estate investing. 

Escrow cannot resume until sellers are in escrow on a replacement property. 

We plan to resume our monthly meet-up in the fall.

I am only trying to have an applicable degree in my resume/pocket so that I can use that as leverage if needed.

I had hoped we could resume where we left off.I was looking for anyone who may have had similar experiences and how they handled it.   

You've clearly put in a lot of hard work and had a lot of success with your investing), my advice would be to utilize your experience and resume of success to look for a partner for a bigger property.

Other markets around the country are going absolutely nuclear so do your due diligence and do not be afraid to jump in the game :)

I think as counties start to resume eviction process, we will have more of this type of guests.

We were all new-er at some point :) *** The person who is joining in my LLC with 10%, is a good friend and it's a favor, other than adding another MFunits deal to their resume it's of no monetary value for both of us, which makes it complicated and I want to protect this individual as well . ** C-Corp and S-Corp aren't an option due to other limitations