he/she would basically be my venture partner. 

@Patrick Foley sounds like you have a great foundation of skills and knowledge already, and wherever you might lack I would venture to guess you have trusted contacts that you can call on to fill in the gaps. 

Feel free to hit me up and we can venture to these PIG meetups together!

The other thing I am unsure of is, would I try to be on the mortgage (Is that allowed) or if a true venture partnership is necessary.For those that are curious as to why I don't just try to do this on my own, I am married with 2 kids.

Corp formed and the partner would like tp form a new one for our joint ventures.

The owners don't want to be landlords and are ready to sell at a discount.You might then call an experienced wholesaler who operates in your area and arrange a 50/50 joint-venture with them: You'll bring your duplex lead and they'll handle selling the deal to an investor.

(After remodeling the entire place, new parking lot, and 50% LTV mortgage).2018 came around and my family and I decide that we want to move out of the Bay Area and sell my business so that we can start a new venture elsewhere.

For example it is not uncommon for the agreed commission to be 6% (3% to sellers agent, 3% to buyers agent) if each represented separate, and for it to be only 4% if the selling agent represents both parties.That said, for a maximum savings of 2%, I'd venture you'd be better off with your own agent. 

My goal in starting this new venture are as follows:- Be able to earn $50k a month (either thru my own efforts or by putting together a sales team)- Build a business that has leverage and can scale up- Have it run without me present for day to day operationTomorrow (7/8) I will be traveling to Phoenix to start looking at some properties and areas so I can start my mapping and marketing. 

I'm super pumped to get this venture started by learning as much as possible.