As I start my journey into real estate investing I look foward to networking and partnering with mentors or other community members in the Minneapolis MN area.

I broke ground on my first deal as an equity partner two weeks ago and I just picked up another sweet deal that I'm excited about.

I could bring a strong positive presence to your business and help ease some of the workload.

In all the offers I've been a part of, a pre-approval from a traditional lender < POF from a HML < POF from an individual partner or family member < POF in personal name showing assets (like stocks) < POF in personal name showing cash or cash equivalent.Know that some of your competition, when offering on a property they know many others will be going for, emphasize their offer only requires their signature - no lenders, 3rd parties, or anything else... a true cash offer where they 100% control the decision.  

First, you could buy them, second you could partner with the landlord  (I'll bring you the deal for x% of the monthly rents/value etc.).If you are really interested in learning,  then bring the landlord the deal, with the caveat that he teaches you how to do a similar deal from start to finish. 

You might look into partner up with a local builder

What causes it to no longer be considered just partnering up with other investors?

Strong blue market community with two private Universities.

I have a unique option to use an FHA , going through a private lender, or partner.  

My investing partner recently obtained an appraisal for a property, and compared to the original listing, the square footage is significantly HIGHER.