For most tenants that should be sufficient.

Regardless of what type of value you bring, it has to be sufficiently valuable for the partner/mentor to benefit (and if the partner/mentor is a highly experienced and successful RE investor, they ain't gonna come cheap!

Personally, I would just make sure that I have their updated contact information, ID #'s and Social Security #'s to ensure that if I had any issues with them I would have the sufficient information to be able to file for eviction or send them to a collections agency if I really needed to.

Your basic insurance policy with $300,000 in liability coverage should be sufficient in 99.999% of all lawsuits.5.

The only things that limit your success are the quality and quantity of your network.

Eli (the OP) can decide, with or without legal help, his requirement to file a Reg-D or if filing Articles of Organization in his state is sufficient.

The bank is going to want to have sufficient collateral, a good plan with clear market support for the proposed project, and a secondary source of payment, i.e. your other sources of cash flow.

If the newly secured loan is sufficiently high, it could throw your ratios off and prevent you from getting the loan based on your income.

The borrower must have sufficient funds to cover borrower-paid closing costs and fees at the time of settlement.

The 1st note should fetch a pretty good price if there is sufficient security interest for the purchaser.