The houses are owned by a close friend's father in law and she is trying to get him out of debt as he lives with them.

My dad as well as my father in law are both contractors who can guide me through repairs as needed although I have many summers of experience through high school and college.House: 3 Bedroom 3 Bath   1596 sq. ft.    

Right now it's off-market, but if the right offer comes along my client will certainly take it.My girlfriend's father is a contractor who's made his living building homes from the ground up and selling them, so I'm going to discuss the prospects with him tomorrow over turkey and see what he thinks.I'll be sending you a pm, and thanks for the tip about the in-house agents and getting in front of the builders!

Just got a text an hour ago from the girl's father that he wants to meet up and talk about negotiating a deal.  

My father used to flip houses with a partner and that's why I will still look in STL because he will be able to partner up with me.

I went to the seminar mentioned above with my father.

My father-in-law did help us by going to the house when contractors needed in and by painting the exterior at a steep discount, otherwise we relied completely on me phoning people from the other side of the world to get things done.Like many first-time flips, we underestimated our costs a bit...though honestly, I could have come in close to budget but we did a bit more finish work than anticipated as our realtor thought we could get more than 85000 out of the property.  

That got my thoughts going.My girlfriends grand father may be one of those people.

I realize partnership / profit sharing structure is frequently discussed here but I couldn't find an answer that matched my situation.My goal: I am looking to start a partnership with my father, doing buy/hold rental investing (probably BRRR).

So as far as the work, I am not that worried about it because it is a small job and I'll have it inspected by my father (a former contractor and plumber).