I find it best to have a sample deal on paper so they can see what kind of product you're looking at.

I'd like to discuss it sometime since, even though I'm a numbers guy, I never took pencil to paper (or keyboard to spreadsheet?)

The deal is we will split the investment and profit, however I'll be responsible for all the paper work.

Not to date myself but in year one of our company we used a paper ledger. 

very polarized opinions on this subject.but generally speaking.buy at or as close to the median price point for a given MSA do NOT get sucked into low value looks great on paper properties that are in tough to manage neighborhoods and you don't realize it until you own it.other wise its just like buying any other real estate.Home inspection.... 

Some years back when recycling started, the property changed hands, the new owner assigned 3 pails to each tenant, for regular, paper, and plastic garbage, so each will handle their own.

Send in a ton of paper work FEIN, rent rolls for SFS, 3 years of tax returns, 24 lease agreements, contract, p&l on complex, I gave them a 5 year plan of expected rent increase vs expenses.Scheduled walk thru- Due diligence time.

She had sold it during her divorce and carried the paper -- a terrible misstep. 

I grabbed a bunch of papers left in a drawer in the kitchen.  

Local specialized news papers can also tell you more.