If your local municipality has an online court records, go to their website and look up both criminal and civil histories.

I just don;t have the energy to pursue litigation.

Seems like tens of millions of dollars were raised from unaccredited investors...Here are some SEC links for a partner and CFO of Norada showing previous fraud history:https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releas...https://www.sec.gov/files/litigation/complaints/2017/comp240...

So far it’s been civil, but he’s a hothead and originally threatened that I will need to evict him.  

See, California Civil Code 789 and Covina Manor v.

And filing civil suits.. it was a mess..

Your structure does nothing but provide plaintiff's attorneys additional defendants to add to claims which only complicates litigation.

Check all the litigation that occurred in the last 5 years.

Now to be fair the company we are funding is a Civil engineering firm with deep experience..

Then a Civil Engineer, an Appraiser to determine what having a four unit would be worth, then a loan using the evaluation.