My intent is to form a long term partnership with a friend as a General Partner, with the hope to do many deals, which will all have their own independent deal structures and Limited Partners. 

We hired an independent contractor from the Philippines through Upwork, but they withhold her payment for weeks and take a hefty percentage of her fee.

Yep, I found it while on Amazon looking for new reading material / Christmas gifts for my friends who are like-minded in regards to their financial independence.

Thanks to BP for this opportunity.We are looking for serious investors that want to invest in Quebec, Canada.Investors propositionMissionHelp 100 people acquire their financial independence through real estate, stock market investment before 2030.Promises-Acquire 3M in assets for January 1st 2020.

Initially, the main reason was for financial independence.

Especially don't pay cash without getting an independent appraisal of value.I say this because in my area there is a lot of vacant office space right now so it is very hard to lease up.That could be completely different in your area so I would suggest you find out on your own without involving the agent that may have a vested interest in the sale closing. 

The State Codes and State LLC independent liability shields they have established, and then simply use Federal Procedural Law.

I've been a mechanical engineer for the 6 years since I graduated college, and for a while have had the goal of financial independence by the time I'm 40.

@Ronald Erwin My strategy is looking for those properties that have low rents/vacancy etc and need some work, you do the work and get the rents up or units rented and that is where your cash flow comes in.  Depending

I reached financial independence through the stock market some years ago and am now looking to build up a second income stream through real estate investing.