This is exactly what caught investors out in 2008, and it cost people not only their portfolios, but their own homes, marriages, etc.

This is our 5th duty station in 6.5 years of marriage.

Nearly 1 out of 2 marriages end in divorce.

Any costs like tax liens will come out of the owners proceeds.A partial list of what a title company checks forland recordsmortgagesjudgements against the ownerbankruptcy searchPossibly marriage or divorce records. 

You can go to meetup groups to find other investors but a partner is like a marriage so it is something to consider when entering one.

Start with market rent and multiply:85% for lineal descendants and ancestors, up to 2 generations90% for brothers and sisters 95% for 2nd and 3rd cousins (2% extra if partially removed)125% for monster-in-law (whoops, mean mother-in law), unless you actually like her and value your marriage, then drop to 50% and count yourself ahead.

We have also personally seen REI destroy people, destroy marriages, destroy families.

I wouldn’t be implying anything about marriage until after the paperwork on that has been filed personally.

The marriage.

Add me to the list of people looking for a CPA. 2018 brought life changes (marriage, child) so I don't feel comfortable going with the TurboTax route this upcoming tax season.