After weighing my options, I find myself to be most comforted by going in with a partner and I have just the guy-- a cousin.Little background: my cousin owns a rental property that he's had for 3.5 years.

The problem I'm having is that I want to have a good amount of "skin in the game" so that he feels comfortable.  

It is really about how much risk and exposure you are comfortable with.

Assuming I feel comfortable with the required repairs, what other kind of questions should I be asking about the place? 

We are approved for much more than $210k on a traditional loan so this would leave us with a monthly mortgage we are very comfortable with.I've read a whole lot about this stuff.

Thanks to BP and others I'm learning but I have a ways to go before I'm comfortable wholesaling on my own.

I would think it would depend on what type of investments your parents feel comfortable with.

Instead, I felt more comfortable in the construction business.  

Although very few actually succeed take comfort in the fact that everyone survives their failure.

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