Just figured I would share my thoughts from the other post here as well, had a bad run-in with John himself and I am not happy about how he treated me as a customer.......I had to search high and low to talk to someone after I purchased the product.

You should treat yourself as a tenant in looking at the profitability of the building.

I treat all the tenants the same, good or bad, which takes the uncertainty out of it.

Thanks @Frankie Woods , The Realtors around here treat these properties differently and only compare them against other rental properties when looking for CMA's and are priced accordingly.

The agent/investors that are doing well is because they treat one of those things as a full time job and the other part compliments it.Lets address each point of your post.1. 

I may be misreading this, but from my experience of human nature and working with teenagers, if you see this young man as a "punk" or "jerk" and treat him like one, he'll fulfill that role.

These are treated very differently in our tax code. 

The bank basically would treat it as if I had no income at all.  

You want to start doing this as a business so treat it like any business would.

The options are A) treat the contribution as a loan, with 8% interest, or B) Profit sharing of a certain percent, or C) We partner up with weighted shares... like 20/80 with the understanding that he will provide ongoing maintenance.