You could learn something from that (don't take action without knowledge), but such a failure is totally unnecessary and not something positive.

Preventing them from cutting you out of the deal.I have and do gentleman's agreements all of the time and know that it is a small world if I go back on my world.

Right and the purpose of the First Amendment is to guarantee groups like those protesting the Viet Nam war in the 1960's and those opposing the war in Iraq were not summarily arrested and their views silenced.The law suit you have described so far is not a free speech issue since no government agency has prevented you from saying anything you want about anyone or anything.

Anyone have any strategies for preventing either person from feeling like they are doing more work than the other partner and like they aren't getting paid enough of the profits?

An ounce of prevention=A pound of cure.

A short sale typically is executed to prevent a home foreclosure.

Gold would have prevented this.

But then it occurred to me that they had essentially prevented me from borrowing any more money because they probably don't have the money to lend.

Hopefully, they won't allow Obama to prevent them from doing so.Mike

The rent for each of the 2 studios may well be equal to or more than the additional rent made from the transfer of 2 (1 beds) into 2 (2 beds).You also have the cost associated with doing so, which could be unnecessary money down the drain.