Also if you are not prepared for these types of calls I highly recommend getting a property manager it might save you from having a heart attack.

Perhaps spend a portion of your earned-income money on a good partnership agreement you can use and be prepared to market yourself as the project manager to your new-found investment partner. 

If a lot of people work on a hard problem, someone will eventually sort out the tough aspects of it.Anybody whose job involves doing the same thing over and over had better be prepared to change jobs and learn new skills.  

If you are prepared and ready to buy a rental property I would consider doing so if the opportunity presents itself.

If we were just selling, this would be easy, but since we want to keep the house as a rental, I want to go in prepared to the bank and put the best foot forward. 

Be prepared to walk away from EVERY deal. 

They are an experienced agent and very familiar with the neighborhood and the brokerage is based in the town the unit is located.I know it's easier to just share the listing, but I'm not prepared post it that at this time.

I don't mind spreading the wealth so I'm looking for a partner to tag team with so we can close this deal quickly but i also want to work with somebody that can make sure i have every step correct and prepare for my next deal.

FWIW, 20+ investors on one deal is a lot of people and relationships to manage, not to mention financials to prepare.  

I think that the best time to buy investment property when you aren't 100% convinced that you are getting a fantastic deal (which, by the way is exactly what you are doing - by keeping the first property as an investment instead of selling it to pay the downpayment for the new one, you are essentially buying an investment property) is when you are financially prepared to make that purchase.