@Benjamin B.Welcome to the community and be ready for a huge amount of information at your finger tips.

Joe These days a lot of local governments have the records online.

You can also check their reviews online at Google, Facebook, or Yelp.

@Jacob NevarezGeneral red flags include many days on market (60 days+), few photos available online, under contract & reactivated multiple times, and no price drops if it has been on the market a while.

As it is, there are more households forming than there are new construction starts coming online. 

The rules are not hard to follow and of course you'll need to plan for RMD's unless Roth but if you start a few years out this isn't tough.  

It should be on line, look it up.

@Sateesh Kumar, it's tough to give up on a 2.5% interest rate, although of course your unique personal situation comes into play.

https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html Of course, markets can be wrong, and data can change, but that is what is being priced in at the moment.

I would also provide a small line of credit to the partnership which I would charge for of course.