Are you supplying the dishes, flatware, pots, pans, etc?

You can then take some fees for managing the capital or focus your effort on investing the larger pot you have.

Steve I dont know if you have ever been to Jackson  I lived there for one year and have been funding flippers there for almost 2 decades and owned a few hundred rentals at one time.I say that so U know i am not taking  a pot shot at the city..

Fix the pot holes 1st.  

More hands in the pot" does not necessarily translate to lower cash flows.

We're romantic partners, so I suppose the money all goes in the same pot, so it's not as bad as splitting it 50/50 with a strictly business partner though. 

It is thrown into that one big pot where all your RE income and expenses are.

Just another hand in the pot to drive the price up. 

You'll refine your education and ability from there.If you can't get off the pot, look for an investor group and find someone willing to let you shadow them.

Name on the bus bench, banner on the highschool football field.