Often, people get into business relationships with others just because they are close to you, they have a similar personality as you.I would however suggest you look for someone who would make the business better.Speak to an attorney regarding structure.There is normally one of two ways that more than 1 person can own real estateTenants in common or through an entity(LLC, LP, Corp, etc)

Most of the homeless that are visible in my area appear to be 20-40 year olds with tattoos, odd hair and reasonably physically fit, with most of their teeth and missing other telltale signs of meth (most common) or other addictions.

I know this set up is not always common in all states, but I've seen this quite a bit here in CO. 

@Al SalousIts common to may a LLC for each flip. 

We've read all the BiggerPockets books and were frustrated to find that this clause, which is commonly found in every loan, was not covered anywhere.Thank you all in advance for your help.

I do not have any local contacts in Austin that will do that, but I was planning a trip there in a couple of months to cultivate some portfolio lenders. 

It is SOOOOO common for out of state members to toss in the population decline (net migration).

I’m open to suggestions though if this is common I would like to know.

All those dopamine hits with the like button on social media :) It's a common theme where people want the get rich quick theme, but then again this has been the case through the history of mankind.I would like to emphasize however, real estate is probably one of the more protected assets for investing capital in my opinion.

It’s a pretty common path that I’ve seen tons of people have success with.