but if I want to have the rent house in my name only and not joint with my husband I would have to have and LLC. 

He wants me to sign a contract that puts us (me and his company) into a joint venture.

I'm genuinely looking forward to it.Smaller scale operators can find work in the inner ring of neighborhoods though, but the land is getting very expensive.

I am now doing "buy and hold" and BRRRR deals with my own capital and starting to work with other investors in Joint ventures.Best to you in a very exciting industry!!

He is charismatic and likeable, talkative and seems genuine.

My hubby and I would be interested in a joint venture if that is an option.

For sale by owners you get a be cautious with with lease options as they want cash, so what I usually do is give them marketing ideas to make a friend and then do a nonexclusive lease with option and put a sign on their yard with my phone number, so they can get a straight rental or I can get a rent to own tenant buyer, the term used for this is "nonexclusive".Some wholesalers are getting leads that they can't do anything with, these are the "we buy houses wholesalers", so I try to get in touch with them and meet them in person and try to do some kind of win-win marketing agreement where if I find a property that looks like a good wholesaling deal I'll do some kind joint venture with them and use their paperwork to sign the property of with the marketing agreement between them and myself; conversely if they find a problem that's pretty house with low equity in a good neighborhood will send the lead and I'll do a lease option assignment and send them a finders fee.Working with agents I find is HARD unless you are licensed yourself, if you are licensed, differentiate yourself as a problem solver, and go to the smaller agencies and asked them if they have any listings that are about to expire and you can go in and get an option fee from the tenant buyer and let the agent perhaps split the commission down the road once a tenant buyer gets financed.I was lucky to have a coach was 25 years old and I'm 57 now, and I still use the training I got when I was young, I worked for somebody for two and half years and was lucky that I didn't have to do any marketing, all I had to do was to get in my car and go talk to the sellers and put them through the paces of the presentation based on their situation, then I would have them sign a "letter of intent to lease or purchase", and then the sellers would actually bring their deeds and their sale and purchase agreement to the office, and we would close them there in the office.The only reason why I quit that job was I was only making $500 a week and my bosses were making tens of thousands every month.

If you dont purchase it maybe you can Joint Venture with him/her and try to sell it yourself!

If your tired of minimum wage, look at the job postings on these forums; handymen with their own tools and of course practical knowledge to maintain and fix common problems are only being offered an hourly rate slightly better than minimum wage at a fast food joint. 

It is my goal over the next few months to purchase a 10 - 20 unit apartment building in Southwestern Ontario with a Joint Venture partner or two.