Phil, I find more success with staying in tune with my friends/partners that have the same health objectives.

Last thoughts on being a GC, if you have a track record, it's very encouraging for investors to partner with you as you have skin in the game and can show them previous projects you completed successfully.

I would take that money and do one of a few things with it:1-Look for a JV partner to do a larger deal with2-Keep learning about the market and investing as a whole and sit on the money until you have enough education to leverage it3-Use the money to set up your real estate business and buy leads & marketing betting on yourself may be the best of the optionsAlso tread lightly around the leave NJ advice places like OH, Baltimore, even parts of South Jersey can be money pits where ripping off out of towers is a cottage industry.

The listing broker was apprehensive to accept a conventionally financed offer, our strategic lending partner sent the listing and overview to the underwriting team and got verbal approval and evidence in the guidelines that the property type was permissible.

I also would be interested in partnering, but not even sure how to start.Any articles, blogs, info welcome!

Brad,Norada is an affiliate marketing company meaning they are partnering with turnkey providers in the markets they advertise so the figures should be based on what the TK provider gave them. 

Also see if you can partner with a realtor who knows the investing side of things and won't get annoyed by constant asking of sold comps.

@Vincent L SanchezI would say find someone to partner with - as you don’t seem to have the resources yourself.  

Should you partner with someone and if so who?

My goal for learning this skill, is not to just underwrite my own deals, but also to have something of value to offer a potential coach, mentor, or partner going forward!