@Randall Alan - find out how you, or if you are married and file jointly, your spouse can qualify as a "real estate professional". 

I am assuming you have standard language in your lease that states that each tenant is jointly and severally responsible for the lease payments.

that's a tricky one. my first thought would be to partner, open a joint account, deposit ~7k biweekly until there's no more actual cash left, wait 2-3 statement cycles if you're using a commercial lender for PART of the purchase, then get going.

They'll be able to help determine if owning the property as tenants in common, as joint tenancy, or to avoid the situation overall is most appropriate. 

I suggest reading this to understand how joint ownership affects you tax wise: https://www.stessa.com/blog/jo...

. - Other GPs: In a joint venture (JV), General Partners must also build a strong team with other GPs.

99% of the time a toilet or sink is clogged we let the tenants know they will be responsible for the bill.The most common repair we find is plumbing issues with leaking pipes, joints, boiler piping etc but thats because we manage a lot of old housing stock (100 years old).

Present that deal to your preferred relation and ask them to finance your deal (jointly sign), share the downpayment.

My multifamily were done the traditional way, making relationships in a local market (Huntsville, AL) and leveraging those relationships to find off market deals, and then joint venturing to close Acquiring and managing those properties has been quite an intensive process, which I couldn’t have done without my partners (one is a commercial lender and the other is a real estate lawyer).

welcome to BP Lisa ask questions, network, inquire about partner or joint ventures this place is awesome @Brandon Turner is the man the site is filled with helpful people