However, when the next "link in the chain" is a trust, there's no place for it to go.

Nobody wants the supply chain issues we are currently dealing with, plus people in general are pretty unhappy with the Chinese government.  

And what to do if one of the parties in the chain disappears, gets arrested, files bankruptcy, gets divorced, gets married, and so on.

I am a Supply Chain manager in my day job.  

I have always learned that the best friendships are built over a great meal.

Our main goal is to use conventional financing using his DTI and credit to qualify, thus avoiding more expensive loan products, without breaking the chain of title.

It is harder to insure your houses and can completely jack up your title insurance  and title chain when you quitclaim to an LLC after first buying in your name.  

Sorry a little late on this chain - but I'm in the market for a property management company in Muncie.  

So, I thought it would be better if this time, instead if listing the store on the local Craigslist and signing the lease contract with whoever agrees first to the terms oft he contract, I'll go to solid businesses, perhaps chains, and check with them whether they are interested. 

The only expense being the meal, little more informal and smaller.