They are dead weight.

So the friend contributing the least upfront would own the least stake at first and would gradually buy more into it as they paid the most monthly to build up equity into the project.

I truly think they are a league, if not 2+ above your weight. 

You should gain more appreciation, so it’s all a fine balance & you have to weight each and see what’s best for you. 

The best agents are worth their weight in gold, especially to those of us who have struggled for years trying to make all of the pieces fit.

Weighted toward cashflow but would not say no to an slightly below market value strong appreciation play.

GREAT agents, lenders, contractors, wholesalers, etc. are worth their weight in gold.

It would be like casually jumping into a weight lifting circuit with a group of powerlifters. 

A 115 lb skilled fighter can easily take a person double his weight.  

We certainly made that mistake, with both listing-level and group-level customizations.Or there might be some other sensitivity settings you could use, e.g. the weight of local hotels in the algorithm (the default is super low, but in some markets, that's what you want to align to).We've been using PL 4 years now, and it's still a learning curve (and I say that as someone that's spoken in a webinar on behalf of Pricelabs on revenue management strategy).