Usually the increased buying power and shared expenses can help make the numbers tie out, especially when you consider getting creative with occupancy (maybe yall split time at the house and spend time elsewhere through out the year).Im seeing more and more interest from folks who are looking to do this sort of thing in tandem.

He has cash, but you have a VA loan and are willing to do that sort of deal. 

Based on what you wrote here, I think the lesson should have been to not chase a specific number of properties, rather chase a specific number of dollars.The lesson was to build some sort of active income within real estate through lending, which I'm currently doing, rather than chasing ownership of rental properties. 

Additionally, they test to determine what sort of mold/s are present, so as to determine toxicity.  

You'll need some sort of active income, whether it's wholesale, fix and flip or lending.

Depending on the state he will likely not have any sort of case at this time.

Sort of like a fishing village, but great beaches, parks, etc. 

Maybe they could do some sort of private reverse mortgage?

And what is the best way to sort and filter it before feeding it into these call center servcies?

I really do not want to back out of the deal, but curious if I could negotiate a reduced price or something of the sort.