Meaning our foundation and business operation workflows instead of looking at deals (building our website, interviewing crowdfunding websites, demoing asset management software, Looking at CRM, Intervening pr and marketing firms, drafting our pitch deck...). 

Concentrate on one niche in RE investing at a time. 6) As far as your friendship/partnership, if your and your partner(s) to be objectives and long term goals are aligned and your attorney spells out clearly each partners' responsibilities in the operating agreement, you should be fine. 

Going forward my long term goal is to acquire a portfolio of rentals to generate cash flow.

You will want to have a very clear operating agreement written out before you start operations that accounts for several issues that could come up in the course of your business together. 

I am on looking to purchase a property with this cash and operate all parts of the property through the business bank account.

I am working on defining my strategy as i get more involved and I have at least settled on buying rental property to hold and generate steady stream of income.

Especially lead generating and finding wholesale deals to rehab/flip. 

Thought it'd be a great way to test my ability to generate accurate offers but I guess not when you figure in hidden liens.

Also, have you tried cold calling owners or sending postcards with limited info about the property to generate some calls?

Seems the best skilled are the worst business operators and time managers.