In this case, we should get all the money back and return the houses to Morris Invest. 2)Clayton Morris play a role as the middle or agent, or the fact shows Clayton Morris acted as an agent.

It's a different ball game if 25-30k is playing money.

Best to play to your strengths. 

I don't know of any way to verify he isn't playing games if he is smart about it. 

As is regularly discussed on the boards, 80/20 comes into play.  

Buy and Hold real estate investing is a lot like the game Monopoly... you start out with the little green houses and eventually move up to the big red hotels.Same goes in real life.

New to the real estate investing game.  

Setting all the business issues aside...i think you should play on "handel" as "handle"i.e.

Let it play out 

Of course this doesn’t affect income tax owed on my oregon rental income or job income generated in Oregon  one of the most tax effective plays in the US is live and work in SW Washington with No income tax then simply drive across the river to do all your shopping TAX FREE  ..