At the end of the day, 100% of the risk is yours, not 50/50.

I understand that partnering up with friends can be risky, but we are both very disciplined and have been interested in this for a while.

You can put money in the stock market, but the risk is much higher.

You will either not be able to rent all units when non-OO or you will need to sell to a house hacker which may make it harder to sell and therefore may reduce the price.Another option, that has risk, is you rent the units without them being permitted units. 

Since this was a risky way of getting deals I started looking for a "county auctions evaluator/advisor" and/or someone to help a newbie navigate the process of buying in court, fixing and selling.

Since this was a risky way of getting deals I started looking for a "county auctions evaluator/advisor" and/or someone to help a newbie navigate the process of buying in court, fixing and selling.

I simply just don’t have the time to do all the driving but i do have a couple of family members doing Uber & Lyft and want to approach them with a proposition.

Real estate can be extremely risky so don't take chances and don't trust the seller or seller's broker.No deal is way better than a bad deal.

I love everything Jon said, and I would just add two major risks to AirBnB, which both drive me to a major suggestion if you decide to go that route...The first risk is if AirBnB gets outlawed where you buy.

I'm a rookie investor who hopes to start investing out of state but would like to mitigate some risk i take on due to not having feet on the ground who are invested in the property.