I do not know of any laws preventing such an arrangement and I'm pretty sure this is done all the time.  

Appraisals are arranged/accepted by the Buyer's LENDER!

Anyway, partner has a substantial amount of student debt (I believe $60k or so), I'm concerned how this would affect our arrangement, would I be liable for any of his debt? 

@Jacob Lewis, Hello, this sounds like something to arrange with a probate lawyer and is handled through the Clerk's Office so it would be online.

Rainier: I own a debt and equity firm that arranges financing across the country.  

Hello,I purchased a property with a grant deed on a subject to arrangement.

I prefer going into partnerships with not that much money involved so a buy-out can be arranged without too much moving cash around.

Drew:  I own a debt and equity firm that arranges financing for commercial and multifamily real estate across the country.  

A financed option is a financing arrangement under Dodd-Frank with any consumer.Selling significantly above your recent purchase price, basically increasing the value for your financing is predatory dealing and lending, the value of a property does not increase due to financing terms!

Sometimes I can't find a person on the assessor website because the assessor's office has the street name arranged a certain way that you have to play around with excluding the direction in the address, the abbreviations or making sure your spelling correct.