I split the earnings with a 1yr non compete with the option to either continue working for this person or going out on my own. if you hustle and keep educating yourself, you can make it.

We invest in several markets and I would take a rock solid team member in a average market over a average team member in a rock solid market.

Here you would take a "reasonable" salary and split the rest into dividends which pass through to your personal return and avoid SE tax.The S-Corp would provide liability protection as well as long as it is properly maintained.  

Have you split tested your campaigns to see which are most effective?  

Looking for contractors and vendors who are (obviously) reasonably priced to remove rock/stone from a house and replace it with siding.

And now that I think about it... as I recall Nike, Motorolla, Intel, etc. were dealing with key employee's property management and resales when they went abroad for say two years or more, which was typically just 'outsourced' to local companies, much like say finding a buyer's agent in another demographic to work with LO buyers and sellers for a percentage split, so one can do deals outside of their own back yard.

If just for the garage, look up mini-split units.

It's also a good idea to have a rock solid insurance policy.

The worst part is that it's split 4-ways and I have on idea what the arrangement or agreement was for doing that.

get a set of plans and bid them out.. add up all the bids and that is your cost.excavation.. foundation rough plumb rough heat framing windows roof siding insulation and sheet rock.. probably cabinets as well.then you can take it from there do your own finish work  paint  .. hire out flooring and granite counters etc. and you can do the finish plumb and electrical but I would have the same people that did the rough do that all for one price.