This isn't an easy topic and it's good for your mind and soul to be vulnerable.

You only have to set up 2 LLCs (or 3 if you dont trust another single soul on the planet) and one trust.

My wife was a spender did not understand how the real estate investing would work.Fact I did not really know for sure how it would work only my work ethic and willingness to put my heart and soul in to it.We did argue big time about it some marriages may not have survived it but she stuck with me.We now are enjoying some of the fruit and labor from investing, she is a believer now!

He is on a "soul journey."    

Here's just a glimmer into a fraction of possibilities:Passive income ideas:Create a courseWrite an e-bookRental incomeAffiliate marketingFlip retail productsSell photography onlineBuy crowdfunded real estatePeer-to-peer lendingDividend stocksCreate an appRent out a parking spaceREITsA bond ladderSponsored posts on social mediaInvest in a high-yield CD or savings accountRent out your home short-termAdvertise on your carCreate a blog or YouTube channelRent out useful household itemsSell designs onlineYou can always go for creating an #onlyfans account, however, ask yourself if you're selling your soul out for a dead-end path to nowhere.   

On the other hand if you truly want to help then help, food for the soul, but do it as a gift.

Did a lot of soul searching and even discussed possibility of seller financing with the current owner but ended up just biting the bullet and hiring engineer.

Reading this thread is killing my soul. 

I wouldn’t allow this point  to kill your deal because it is so common and can be resolved through a bit of soul crushing bureaucratic process endurance on your part.  

I think the forums lost a lot of steam, partially because a lot of people left for the Facebook BP group and partially because BP doesn't listen to its members (we hated the fact they kept changing the forum format and they would change it back until they eventually decided to not listen to us).I feel like BP lost its soul.