Or if you are married or have a partner, any final decision must be run by them.This advice might not sound very warm and fuzzy, but it will help you make necessary business decisions as they come up, and that will minimize emotional and/or financial harm to you.Hope this helps.

I’ve never done a purchase with partners and curious if it is standard practice to for the person who finds the deal to get a 5-10% finders fee in equity?

Another option presented was to have an investor buy and rehab the property, with Johnny as a partner, then allow Johnny to rent the property back. 

My partner thinks that there will be appreciation.

Your lender, also your partner in this transaction will also provide guidance of what they require.

While I'm sure there's no "one size fits all" for private money lending, I am simply looking for some kind of direction or examples of how other people have structured it.First of all, I am interested in a debt partner versus an equity partner, and for now, will be looking to flip properties.

you will no doubt get PM"s from many pitching their deals.. when you make a post like this on BP.. its just like internet dating you have no clue who your talking to.. and just being on BP is not an endorsement of anyones bona fides..Those words by @Jay Hinrichs will save you from getting into bad deals with possibly worse partners.

I've been thinking of creative ways to partner up as I think it's a great way to accelerate growth in my RE portfolio.

@Robert Shelton I have a good friend and sometime business partner who owns a marine service and storage business in North Charleston. 

But, with an investment property, you can still look for things like owner financing or bringing in a partner.