We want to detail the responsibilities, capital contributions, profit and lost sharing percentages, decision-making process, have dispute resolution methods, and exist strategies.

Especially now, I am seeing a lot of people who bought during or right after the COVID pandemic and are in situations where they simply cannot sell their homes for any profit (many of them bought as new construction).

I'm managing D class properties with a property manager and am making a profit. 

I have stayed profitable, for now.

The people who never ran properties in B or C area always scream about how bad idea it is but you can make an incredibly profitable listing in those if you know how to manage it.

So, in reality every month your moving close and closer to sucking out months/years of profits via items aging out, cap-x coming to bear. 

Hey @Keenan Patton,This deal looks solid with a projected $60K profit, $435K ARV, and a $13K assignment fee in Northern California.

If anyone does this, theyre likely doing it as a favor and not a for-profit venture. 

So back to being a real estate investor: the only way to be one is to buy a property and create value out of it, whether through finding a below market value house and selling for a profit, or renting and creating cash flow.  

Private investors want to invest in deals they believe will be profitable.