You are not paying for their services and won't cost you anything extra anyways. 

The question to ask is:  Is my housing cost better by househacking vs renting.  

Any lower than that and the costs of the mortgage are typically a very high percentage of the loan amount.  

Real numbers- purchase 907k,rehab , closing costs, soft costs, 840k, all in 1.747 mil, basis for each unit should be roughly 291kappraisal of each unit minimum 400k , so 2.4 mil if for all 6.I might refi only 4 out of 6, that will cover initial loan amount.

And then also do you typically repay each partner their upfront costs from the profits before then distributing profits?

We currently work with many clients who do Cost Segs and using that STR loophole!

The savings from either will be many times the cost of the lawyer.  

In a situation where you were doing an arbitrage (renting it from the owner, then yourself re-renting it to someone else) your costs to renovate/fix it up while you're using it would be able to be capitalized and depreciated by you once your rental was in service (available for rent to others). 

The most important thing for you to learn as a wholesaler is repair costs.

Good summary of what your market is looking for but as we all know, each market tends to have its "wish / want" items which differ from market to market.Flow is definitely a selling point but make adjustments come with a cost.