Plus this is literally your agents job, an agent gets paid to help you with things like this, a co-host can be super valuable but is more focused on the post-purchase phase. 

Here in Western NC and greater Asheville we have several thousand people who are suddenly displaced due to Hurricane Helene.

I have been interested in buying a laundromat but have been hesitant thus far because the only ones I have found have been on leases and I’m worried about investing hundreds of thousands of dollars into something that can be terminated or significantly altered with the end of the lease.

This can range from a few thousand to several hundred thousand dollars, depending on the complexity and size of the project

Even if I were found guilty, the cost would be in the thousands, not in the millions.

Mine was ALL capital gains, so I had to make sure I got it or it would have cost me tens of thousands of dollars.Good luck, and let me know how it goes!

If one of the borrowers granted POA, then they won't have any argument- this is literally what the POA is for.

But you can usually learn enough to do that with many brokers without paying thousands of dollars.And, many will say they only work with "member dealers"......really?

It was tough but worth it in the long run—literally!

I would also teach him budgeting and being financially literate.