I feel like they are using their students  to cherry pick the best deals.

The things I would suggest is to understand your goals and pick a mentor who understands and has achieved similar who can guide you.

I don't know how much siding is loose, but assuming we're talking about a few panels of vinyl, I could easily do everything on that list in one 8 hour day including picking up materials.

If you are going to manage remotely, you can pick anywhere! 

Would love some guidance or to hop on a video call and pick someones brain.

In this 60-minute session, @Dave Meyer will walk you through the key stages of picking a real estate market.

Nobody can comment on what's equitable without knowing each partner's strengths & weaknesses and the specifics of the property being purchased but here's what I picked up on immediately: Why not form an LLC and have a partnership agreement? 

I asked if I could pick my trust company, I got a flat no. 3 days later they sent me the trust company's info, the phone number for the totally real sounding name of "Lawyers Escrowsan" is the same as Judith Knott's.

@Tony Pellettieri thank you for the input , I’ll pick some of these up for sure. 

They are wanting to pick up 3 new single family houses.