Do I partner with someone to make it easier?

And true, “Love” Is strong.

Given my current business model for lending, my preference is to be the primary point of contact with my borrowers and to maintain a strong relationship with those individuals.  

Meeting the test criteria, which includes working over 500 hours in the business, overseeing all necessary tasks personally, or substantially participating alongside a partner, facilitates the strategic utilization of the short-term rental tax loophole.

Never had any partners (besides my wife), never did syndicate deals, no seller financing, no other creative financing.How did I get here?

Hey everyone! I'm currently doing a live-in flip on a home south of Nashville in Spring Hill that has a few quirks.  This was originally a barn built in the 1940 that was converted into a home in 1996 by a non-license...

My question is, when you find something like this, and you don't have the funding ability(I work at a school and have TRS not a 401k, so I cannot take a loan out against it, nor do I have 20% down, but I have about 60k in equity in my home, but the lenders I have talked to will not do a HELOC in my state, point is I can flip, but not buy and hold with my own financing) and you need a partner on the deal, how do you protect yourself from telling them about the property and them just taking it?  

I am looking for an experienced partner/mentor skilled in small starter homes, since I want that to be my main focus to start with.

Also, to "toot my own horn," please read my BP blog article about Valuation of Rental Properties, at https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/6547/51598-val...At the same time, develop relationships on BP for people who can send you leads, submit properties for your consideration, or partner with you on deals.Denise

My business partner showed up at this property because he was given the wrong address by one of our bird dog realtors- The owner was there and the conversation turned to a spiritual one and they hit it off.