In addition, I'd very much like to connect with investors, both seasoned and new, in the Cincinnati/NKY area to broaden my knowledge as well as to make connections for potential partnership deals in the future.I hope I get a chance to meet like-minded people soon!

Take full advantage of the "Education" tab above and use the search function heavily.

Something just clicked lately and I just read the chapters on partnerships,lease options as well as seller financing in Brandon's "The Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (and low) money down."  

Unless you are in a very dense, high traffic, preferably walking area, the 2nd floor will have functional obsolescence.  

When you create a statement from your company that authorizes a member or owner or officer or designated other person to perform a duty(ies) or function(s) of your business, this statement usually needs to be signed by someone who is identified in your Articles of Organization (or Certificate of Organization – whatever it is called in the state of origin) as an authorized person.

hello, im a hvac /plumbing contractor and have done rei in the past and present. here is my idea and question. we have a property free and clear that  is 3.5 acres with income of $2500.00 of rent per mont on 4 old buildings. we did a market analysis and plans 3 years ago to build 72 apartments. everything looks good as far as zoning and city permits. the budget was 3.2M the property itself is worth 450k and the bankers gave us green light.we didn't move forward with it because os the risk of it, we forecasted that we would end up owing more than 2.5 M and we did not wanted to risk that much by ourselves. 2 years ago someone built 30 apartments lest than .5mille away from the property and they have 75-80% occupancy already.talking with my wife we come up with this idea, since we know construction business owners on almost all the trades and have done business with them and a person familiar with apartment building construction on the past. we would like to form a partnership with couple of them where they can own part of the business in exchange of their work (trade) and if any one wants to be more involve and want to put hard money their % would be more.do you think it can be done any legal issues? 

I did get late night calls about the quad, to get the kids truck un-stuck from the back yard where he progressively slipped on wet grass and was messing up the septic field, which was already at functional risk for the old property.  

if you are interested in doing any joint ventures in Yuma please get ahold of me, I am looking for a long term partnership that yields us both positive cash flow, and who better to manage a rental than somebody that has a stake in it??

Hey there BiggerPockets community, my name is Michael and ive been truly invested in RE yet have yet to gain some momentum. I am willing to team up with someone whose as compasssionate as wanting more at of life, like...

Like I said before, I have done partnerships where I was the only "boots on the ground".