Passing the real estate license prepares you for nothing...that just allows you to get in the game.  Real

@Jingru Sui instead of a master lease I basically created my own rental lease that includes written consent to sublease, home modifications, and a few things that were relevant to my objective.

When I compare my 5-10 main objectives, it seems like they both do them relatively equally.  

I have no objection to anyone striking the best deal possible for themselves.

Forget the individual deals, what is your overall objective?  

If the objective here is to save money on your first deal, give yourself more options to choose from.

These folks will help you organise how you acquire and hold properties to fit your long term objectives and provide you some control over how/when/where you pay taxes - you can never avoid the taxman, but you can occasionally dance on your own terms. 

@Gabrielle Quarles, what has been the business partners' objections to not refinancing the property?

.” - Alex HormoziThis line during Alex Hormozi’s YouTube video, “30 Minutes of sales training that will explode your business in 2022”, hit me like a ton of bricks in a super pivotal time in my business.Us entrepreneurs and investors have shiny object syndrome a lot of the time.

There is no objectively right or wrong answer to the question what is fair...if they are both happy with the deal, that's all that matters...