The official answer: The Corporate Transparency Act is intended to provide law enforcement with beneficial ownership information for the purpose of detecting, preventing and punishing terrorism, money laundering and other misconduct through business entities.Uncle Sugar requires us little guys to register and be tracked even though 99.999% of us are not involved in terrorism, money laundering, or other misconduct.

With 179 you are going to be limited based on your percentage of business use with the vehicle (so still need to track mileage), and if you go under 50% business use you can end up with a recapture of your prior 179 deduction - income with no related cash flow is always a bit uncomfortable!

Especially since I have a solid track record in general for having a good sense of people. 

Making sense of the deal and understanding their track record is important, of course, but I believe you should develop TRUST before you invest.

That helps give me some tracks to run on.

They know my track record, etc.  

That is what often happens with many of these Co-GP's and gets dangerous when they are relying on their embellished track record to raise money from others.

But then because they have established such credibility, they can easily buy now with great rate and terms from lenders because they have the track history. 

Ok… the agent elected to fire me… rather than provide the docs.I have a GREAT family doctorA GREAT tax guyA GREAT financial advisora GREAT auto mechanic EtcAnd there are dozens of jerks, thieves and idiots who have fired me ..or I them… Build your team slowly, with deliberation and keep track of who is willing to be very open with their actions. 

I haven’t personally worked with Five Stream Ventures, but I’ve found that vetting companies like these is all about the referrals and track record.