In an ideal partnership people bring complementary expertise and consider it their value add to the venture,  however we essentially do the same thing.

I have found this so helpful, especially in the early days.I wish you all the best in your new venture.

BiggerPockets..Thanks to the BP community here, not only was I able to meet two AWESOME and KNOWLEDGEABLE joint venture partners: @Maxwell Lee and @Kelly L. and make that first investment, I was also able to meet @John Van Uytven who had the great idea to start a meetup out here in Korea - The Seoul Real Estate Investing Meetup which I've posted about in the past:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/185...A Korean market-focused podcast - Marketing In Korea - asked me to come on the show to talk about my 17 years of experience doing business in Korea as well as talk about the meetup I help co-organize and how I was able to invest in the US while living in Korea.

Curt,I am struck by your post because if you truly deliver an experience that cannot be duplicated no client would want to venture elsewhere.You are actually the only element of the business that cannot be replicated.

I store about 1/3 of my equity in Portfolio 14 there, half in real estate ventures, and around 10% in cash with the allocation varying from time to time.

I've read in quite a few places that it's important to have things like an LLC, website, a phone number devoted to your real estate ventures, and business cards to bridge the credibility gap.

The function of pooling investors is simply more than one investor come together and put their funds into the venture.

[POST EDITED BY ADMIN - THIS THREAD IS NOT THE PLACE TO SOLICIT BUSINESS.]I look forward to the questions.Best Regards,ChrisObelisk Marketing Ventures

Have a very good day and best of luck in your ventures

My main goal before the end of this year is to joint venture with a partner of mine and obtain an SRO building.