For example, I bring you the deal and you look over it and we split the profit 60/40 because of your financing and expertise.

I would think that in order to split the profits 50/50, you would at least need to put up half of the initial investment, and probably more to counter the value of his expertise.

We recently moved to Texas and bought our first investment property.Let me start by saying I have very high and consistent screenings- all my tenants in our other homes are model (learned the hard way several years ago when we dabbled before the crash).

I love the model of short term rentals and believe the closer you get to the beach the better you are !

The repeal of Glass/Steagall and the passage of Frank/Dodd has made this business model nearly extinct.

The biggest moment for me was when an investor wanted my market expertise.

In general the equity deals will be better returns then debt given the higher risks.RS has two different equity deal types:- pref equity- equity Pref equity usually has higher annualized returns but once that is met you don't get to participate in any upside.For equity there's a preferred rate but it's lower then what you'll see in a pref equity deal but after you pass the pref rate you still get to participate in any upside.This is detailed in the waterfall under the financial tab.RealtyShares does charge a fee to manage the funds so you will find higher returns on direct sponsorship models platforms like CrowdStreet and RealCrowd.

You really don't need tens of thousands of dollars in additional education to open your own business unless a degree or specific expertise is required, or licensing is somehow required.

Unless the units are metered separately, build these costs into your model as well.5) Taxes.

Must consider the rollover risk and include a vacancy factor in your model.