@Satyam AppadwedulaFinding a good accountant and tax specialist can be very difficult.

The city should build thousands of units and rent them out at cost, oh I forgot the city doesn’t way to be in the rental business the prefer to dictate all the rules and have no skin in the game like mostly all of the city council members except maybe one.

Also Moscow experts in American real estate:Read American Real Estate and Investment ForumsGo on business trips to partner U.S. real estate and investment companies.Participate in American real estate and investment conferences.The old commonplace truth "Only a local real estate specialist can be good" sounds not so categorical in the 21st century.

. :)Lastly - I have sold several homes to tenants...I set them up with a bank who typically pairs them with a credit repair specialist...the tenant can buy the house at any point when they are ready at the market price whatever that is when they are ready (if the home appreciates then I gain, if the market were to crash like in 2009 by 60% I would decline sale and facilitate the the tenant in purchasing something on the market) .

Good guy, attorney, title company owner, owner finance specialist. 

How do I make sure he doesn't feel like he's putting all the skin in the game, and how do I make him feel good about making this investment with me as a partner?

., @James Wheelock, Problem is you would have no "skin in the game".  

He thinks the only sticking point might be that the lender may want me to have even more skin in the game than my $15,000. of "pre-paid" equity!?! 

Between KISS (keep it simple stupid) and the best investments are more often with specialists than generalists, I couldn't agree more.  

You still need skin in the game.