The process was quick and easy and the terms were fair.

Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.

STLREIA seems to be fairly active.

If not 60 day notice is very fair.

Which is not true and riskier to only gamble on appreciation I think.

Would it be fair to split purchase costs and then distribute equity and cash flow 50/50? 

A fair amount to agree upon although I foresee a few major looming modifiers that I predict have a high degree of likelihood in happening that have strong influence in adjusting markets. - The correlation of erosion to buyers purchasing power in monthly mortgage payment (increased property tax's, property insurance, HOA fee's) is a factor I see counter acting a slowly declining interest rate, making for a ~net-0 market activity environment on YOY volume metric. - Leading into home stretch of POTUS election cycle, the above may be a strong catalyst to press the deployment of a stimulus offering in form of home buyer empowerment

Went to a sheriff sale with one property in mind, bidding started at 50 k and I was prepared to bid 75k max - I was fairly sure that no one would bid anywhere close to that amount because it was in a neighborhood I specialize in, and the value to me would be higher than to the average investor.

The transfer tax within the city itself is fairly high as well so going just outside of the city would be a good place to start. 

It's fairly rare to have a structure that varies on the amounts like that. 4-5% is reasonable.