I started two businesses to that end.

Real estate is a business and bad things are going to happen when you are going big.

But I'll mind my own business now. 

I use the terms -  "corporate furnished rentals",  "short-term rentals",  and talk about my target clients-  Business travelers, traveling nurses, traveling healthcare workers.#6  Knowledge -  Know why STR is better for the landlord than traditional rentals.   

We both run our own businesses but we feel that real estate will help make sure we both maintain our life plans of not needed to work as much any more.

Two are for businesses, one for commercial property, one for residential property.

At some point your business partner will want his cut (Federal Gov).

Quote from @Matthew Cook: Dig into those comps with a realtor doing business in that market.

Use this partnership as I way to learn how to crawl in the house flipping business.

It's not a magic bullet to solve all operational needs, but the process works very well when a remote team member at a lower labor rate fits into the needs of a scaling business.