What excuses have you used to go to drop by their place?

Regular and transparent chitchats are the way to go.

But more for you so that you are not left with a lot of money out and a loophole for the other partner to get out of the agreement and not have anything to go after them on. 

This will likely be the smallest aspect of the company but seems like a sensible value add to the other aspects of the company, since we will have a storage unit with furniture/furnishings ready to go-Photographing properties for FSBO listings, or for clients we get for the furnishing/management side of the biz.

They get the desired passive income they signed up for and the potential value appreciation over time.

Here in the North west to go from Seedlings to Merch is a 50 year process.

How are you managing your properties in that area given that property management company seem to be extremely unreliable and seem to go under quite frequently 

I also suspect that most can recognize having occupancy gaps filled by an alternate OTA is a positive outcome. you can stay on a single OTA if you desire or you can follow the advice of the experienced posts that suggest otherwise.  

Also, I would recommend adding some sort of screensaver to the TV screen and I second that a professional photographer is the way to go.

We aren't trying to go crazy. lol.