The easiest way to demonstrate the Investor’s intent to hold a property is to do just that: actually hold the property as rental, investment or for use in the Investor's trade or business.

Next, build a pro-forma that demonstrates why your offer makes sense, given the property's income stream and the cap rate that other investors are using when they purchase this kind of property.

You do not want any attorney to be able to demonstrate that the LLC is really not the owner/operator.

The ability to demonstrate a hardship (and clearly losing one owner's income meets that criteria) and 2.The skill of your negotiator.

Occasionally whole groups go topless on Pearl Street to demonstrate for women’s rights. 

My friend is a real estate agent, has reliable (and demonstrated) connections for contractors, property managers, and contacts for hard money lenders.2.

Even if it’s just encouraging someone, or, as you learn market insights being willing to share them for free as a way of demonstrating your interest in serving / connecting. 

How you approach the mentor demonstrates how you will approach real estate investing.

It is like speculating on a virtual certainty (going back over 50 years San Diego has long-term appreciation that exceeds inflation and the RE appreciation of virtually all other locales (20, 30, 40, 50, 60 years it does not matter what long-term duration you use)).Of note is that there have been cycles of depreciation (as my 1992 and 2004 purchases demonstrate).

This demonstrates their responsibility.