If you require the tenants to have Renter's Insurance (with pet coverage), this is beneficial to both you and the tenants.

Another person I asked said, "Have you ever read all the fine print for a stock or mutual fund?

Being new to REI, when working on developing connections and building relationships, how do you identify what groups and REI meetings are beneficial for you for you to attend to network?

But given she would be an owner and the occupant every traditional partnership scenario I run just doesn't seem to make it mutually beneficial for us.

current liabilities per property are 1M business liability (per occurance), 2M annual aggregate, 5k medical premises payment. each 2bdrms with a couple and kid.In addition, does anyone have any strong recommendations on insurance companies (e.g. allstate, statefarm, liberty mutual, etc) that have done well at protecting against tenant lawsuits?

Make sure that the partnership is beneficial to both parties. 

Borrowing is a challenge, but manageable -- you can only borrow from "non-recourse" lenders, which tend to have restrictions on the age of the property, etc. and will typically only lend you up to 60-65% of the appraised value.Even with all these restrictions, it's an awesome way to tap into a source of capital that most people just have sitting in mutual funds.As a bonus, you're benefiting from the tax advantages of an IRA/401k.

I was wondering if the mutual agreement between landlord and tenant to terminate the lease early in email conversation has a legal binding to over-ride the 30-day notice requirement of the lease ?

We also have some money spread around in various mutual funds; some in plain old mutual funds, and also some in a roth IRA, and some in a roth 403b (all diversified in various mutual funds).A portion of what we have saved and invested in the stock market was always intended for an eventual house purchase.

They've had mutual funds and Roths since they were squirts and the 15 yo is reading Set For Life now.