Don't sweat it.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

Yep, I'm aware it's a gamble (as a bead of sweat drips down my forehead) but I do have some reserves, I'm still doing a little consulting for my old company, and I have a very supportive gf (who btw is from Chicago).

Create the best product you can for your investment and don’t sweat the small stuff.

I don't sweat the out of state investors buying property in central Texas.  

Sweat Equity and waited to sell until the market was peaking What was the outcome?

Personally, my Dad taught me how to sweat copper when I was about 10 years old, among other things.

We reduce our cost thru sweat equity, and love having straight segments of wall we can piece together. 

I will be the sweat equity partner at least on this first deal.My question is has anyone else started this way and what sort of things would you recommend besides some sort of written partnership agreement?

Also, if they truly did mail the check, they'll be sweating the arrival and should be checking in with you to see if you received it.