He probably wrote it up on a MS Word or Google Doc, no notary seal or anything to certify his identity and uploaded it to DocuSign "Name of person promise to pay Becca F. the sum of $$$$.....

You may want to somewhat hide your identity from tenants though, which if set up correctly, an LLC can do.You didn't ask, but... you should ask your PMC a LOT of questions about HOW they will execute their services and how they will communicate with you.

Did someone steal it?  

This would allow us to retain the tax identity of the partnership but also split the purchases between each of the partners. 

You can have 2 identical properties with same rent income, but the expenses and capex will be different.

I know BP trys to Vet lenders as much as possible .. so weed out fake lenders who just steal DD money.. other than that I dont personally know.. but I suspect BP relys on feed back from members

What if you took each one of these properties and put on 50% leverage and bought an identical set of properties.  

If the owner decides to sell, I will refer them back to the original agent for that sale, so there's no threat of me "stealing clients" from the referring agent.

Quote from @Linda Barbano: This is what they do when they steal homes from good people.

If they attempt to it is identity theft.