I gave Rental Hero a spin this year before going to do my taxes.

You and the other posters here have been generous in indulging me in this exercise of considering this "partnership" / BRRRR, but demonstrating that we can invest successfully on our own power before seeking out partners is not only my strong preference but just sound business logic.As a new investor my head starts to spin when I start to think about investing, and the many gaps in my knowledge reveal themselves: how to structure a partnership? 

Your second job is to learn all the ways many syndicators will spin deals.  

pretty small hurdle to have a good win as a private lender just get paid as agreed.now equity participation loans those can spin the needle pretty well ..

That was my 20s...Spinning my wheels, working ALL of the time, and living off of nothing.

Spin spin SPIN away, that's still a TON of people.

Louis Fed shows the delinquency rate on residential single-family mortgages, and proves there's a way to spin this data to show that delinquencies are increasing rapidly.

BUT, you got my hamster wheels spinning now, perhaps that would take 750hrs and I can qualify as a RE prof.  

Please stop using bits and pieces of research that you spin to justify your actions.  

Any way you spin it, there is no VIABLE way to get it done.