I personally rent out my own units.

Some people take signings for $35 thinking they are making money but don't because they don't account for vehicle expenses, paper, toner, etc.After expenses, your profit only comes out to like $10/hour or so on most days because packages are upwards of 250 pages and you have to print two of them.

.)* An offer to send them my vendor list (this one gets HUGE response)* An offer to join Homebot for their homes here or up north* A question of who keeps them up to date on the sales in their neighborhood and an offer to be that person.

is there a person I can have set up calculations for me?   

This means that you will probably need to pay registration and filing fees in at least 2 states if you don’t buy CA property as a CA resident.Any lawsuits should be limited to the assets of the LLC and not your personal assets (assuming you run the LLC appropriately and the corporate veil is not pierced, some debate as to SMLLC).

Otherwise, this doesn't seem like a big redflag except I would make sure you clarify that rent is still due from both parties and that if one person isn't paying their portion of the rent then all persons on the lease are responsible for any uncollected payments. 

I personally find that the online groups get me access to more people.

you can challenge the value with an accountant, appraiser, etc most markets have a person who charges a flat fee to lower it. in Columbus Ohio most of the people that do this have a guarantee to lower it or it's like half the fee 

He is definitely a person/business that we are trying to model in the general contracting space here in Chicago. 

For my personal portfolio I want to look back 10 years from now and be happy with the locations I decided to buy in.