Yes don't split it as that is making a determination that they are owed it equally.

The seller will have reduced debt capacity because the existing note is still calculated as a debt - they MAY be able to include an offset equal to the buyer payments after a period of time, BUT often the seller is surprised to find they can not qualify to purchase another property3.

Charge one rent, they are all equally responsible for the rent. 

Other equally contributing factors you want to consider is the properties positive cashflow, asset appreciation over time, debt service paydown over time, as well as hedging your dollars against inflation - all of which make real estate such a great investment especially when you have the right property!

Sure- long distance investing can definitely work, but it's vital you have an excellent team built up.

The borrowers pay significantly less for those appraisals; they usually lack vital information, tend to be performed to much more “lax” standards, and often lack good decision making as to comps, capitalization rates, and adjustments of value between the subject property and the comps.  

@Brody Veilleux, to say "cash flow is tax free" is, at best, grossly misleading and, at worst, flat out wrong.What is true is 1) taxes are based on net income and 2) cash flow does not equal net income. 

I would also recommend umbrella insurance equal to your net worth.

Many applicants just want to tell us their excuses over the phone, but if they won’t take thetime to put it in writing, we find they rarely end up being good tenants.UnderwritingTraditionally, landlords have only looked at the income of applicants and approved those having income equal tothree times the property rent.

"They say God made man , Sam Colt made them equal " I believe its a personal decision