It's turned out to be quite a good deal for us both, as they are paying all utilities, some maintenance, and have even contributed to some cap ex in exchange for a multi-year lease. 

Most investors don't actually have that much in reserves, when the time comes they just put their money in the business as a contribution. 

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Therefore if you are contributing 40 hours a week at your W2 job you would need to be able to substantiate 41 hours a week in real estate.

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Additionally, using management tools such as Gusto for payroll and benefits, Trello or Asana for task management, and Evernote or Notion for document organization can enhance efficiency.

Curious how you and your friend will be managing the financial contributions and ownership structure?

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That's not including the unit that her boyfriend would be occupying (and any cash he might be contributing to the place on his end) or the store front.

"for rent by owner", investors)-search for non-homestead properties in your county and send postcards to those owners that own homes that meet the criteria you want to focus on-network with real estate attorneys -network with trustees in banks that offer trustee services-look up court records of landlords who have filed their own evictions and send them postcards -network with HOAs that have non-homestead properties in that association -when you see a "for rent by owner" sign in your area, send the owner a letter -join Facebook groups (for rent by owner, landlords) and being to contribute -improve your SEO on your website-find someone who can help you gather landlord info from Zillow, etc.