Scott W. when you are ready to draw on your retirement funds I hope they are still there and have not managed to move from your pockets to the fund manager's pockets through fees and other losses.

And Rome's downtown is a few blocks away and is a big draw because of the restaurants and shopping.I've looked at some other similar multi-families but oddly the financials are not as good as the SFRs I've been buying.

Drawing equity out of a rental is surely going to be tougher.I like your thinking, but be cautious about too much leverage.

I am by no means a big-tme RE investor like many on BP, so I don't have a broad range of experiences to draw from.

The downside is it will be less "standard" of an agreement if you wanted to have it bullet proof from a law perspective (unless you hired a lawyer to draw it up).In either case I'd recommend trying to cover the unexpected like decision authority, exit options, dissolution, etc.

Dallas Metro seems like a big enough area with enough real estate you could keep drawing a concentric circle away from your house until you land that good deal you want.

:Brand new to BP poster, foreign, 'cute girl' avatar and draws attention to herself in the title post as being a 'girl that needs your help'?

Unfortunately for me I never made it past the proverbial drawing board.

I have been involved in a few flips in the past but strictly helping with design and permit drawings.

I hope this draws from the diverse knowledge at Biggerpockets to provide investing information beyond what most podcasts provide.