Independence is proposing mandatory rental inspections, that landlords would have to pay for. 

The door I propose removing is a 3rd point of egress.I use a GC (and he uses licensed trades) for all my projects. 

Based on comments and locations, I'd propose we do a meeting in Quincy with the following: @Justin Snyder @Patrick Wheeler @Paul Lombardi @Zachary Clough @Bruno C.

Several states have made Breed Specific Legislature illegal and some currently have proposed laws. 

Independence MO is the first city in the Metro to propose this ordinace and if it passes, will move on to other metro cities.

The article references a proposed closure of the Air Force 440th airlift wing - that already happened.Also, take a look at the significant drop in ranking for Fayetteville on the Milken Institute's 2015 Best Cities list :http://www.milkeninstitute.org/publications/view/758

I proposed we split the down payment and closing costs 50/50 in exchange for a 50% stake each in the equity.

They're not interested in REI and they're not in a spot to fix it up and rent it out.I proposed that I would fix it up, get a renter and manage the property.

What you are proposing is called dollar-cost-averaging and works well in stocks. 

@Luke Petrozza, and @Chris Nowlin Lots of good ideas here. been trying to work out a similar proposal on a property myself here.