In this case, just do it will cost this person thousands of dollars over time.I'm not saying "never do it" or have a perfect plan, but you MUST have a better understanding of the business than the vast majority of newbies before you start or you will end up just like them - broke and out of business!

If all goes well, I should pocket about 30 thousand in profit.

My company will spend thousands on print ads, but I am trying to let them know there are more effective ways to spend that money and target a better audience.

Oh, great and mahvelous EricFoster, may the fleas of a thousand camels bow outside of your tent and never enter.

I'm in CT so I dont know how different it is where you are, but I pay a few thousand in various fees.

That could ruin life long friendships.

The sellers are not motivated to work with me because I had the house on a lease purchase ( separate term lease Plus purchase agreement)  and everything that could break broke because it was leased for years and LL repaired nothing , so they had to spend  thousands of dollars in repair plus the home value went up 10000 dollars.

There are thousands of people...many of them on these forums searching for ways to finance their deals, already looking for these ‘silent partners’.

I would see if I could get her to agree that if the existing carpet is ruined then I'd replace it but I wouldn't want to replace hers because hers may be a lot more expensive.  

I didn’t see property insurance listed on your list of expenses... that’s thousands a year in itself... my guess about $6000/ yr... so maybe $500/month.