Helicopter ride to the ICU, the works.More important than anything, everybody healed with no hard feelings. 

I sometimes have to ride the realtor to change something or get an update as opposed to the flat fee broker I get fast results with a simple email. 

If you bring a verifiable deal to someone with capital or experience, you'll get a seat on the bus ... it may not be a very big seat, but you will be able to see all the action and learn.Another way to get to ride the bus - standing only - is to work for someone with capital and/or experience and be their gopher/office boy/driver/whatever that allows you to tag along, work for your keep, and learn.

Or do I have to ride it out until the end?

There may be some small appreciation coming our way near term though, with the huge boom Seattle has been going through and the fact that nobody wants to drive in Seattle means a trickle down effect in surrounding areas and a ferry ride is a pretty good commute option for people.  

I think the zoning of the property will be a bumpy ride so just be prepared to obtain financing residential or commercial.

He had been in a transition program for almost a decade, was holding down a job (riding a bike from the program to work, a distance of roughly 8 miles one way EVERY DAY since he wasn't allowed a car) and needed a rental in order to receive his final parole. 

I'd rather deal with 30 year loans with no balloon payments and lower interest rates and then if I pay one property off, sure dead equity, but expenses drop significantly and cash flow shoots up significantly and as more and more units get paid off I will likely be able to ride out a horrible storm if one hits. 

That would get split up pro-rata amongst the investors that made that 50% contribution.That's a simple example--it can get much more complicated than that if you wish, or if that's what it takes to get the money partners interested.For example, there could be a preferred return, which means that the money investors (yourself included because you ride side-by-side with the others on the money) get 100% of the profits until achieving a specific return, such as 8% or 10%. 

Yes, some people can ride that no problem, but not everyone.