Or should I save a bit more and bring more money to the table in this market?

Just make sure you find the right partner, work out all the terms ahead of time, making sure that both/all partners bring something ($/network/skills) to the table.

I then have to massage the data to import into a CRM.

Using eminent domain to clear a path for the arena has been on the table for several years, but city leaders were under pressure not to displace people from homes or churches if they could avoid it.

I have a 30 unit apartment complex deal on the table, and I was hoping to get some feedback from my fellow BP members on whether this deal shakes out or not...

If I know I have another agent across the transaction working with me on behalf of the buyer to successfully get buyer and seller to the closing table, it is more comforting than thinking I could be dealing with an amateur buyer or worse a dishonest buyer that doesn't know what needs to happen. 

Thus, you'd have to somehow find private money to fund your venture which would come at a ridiculous interest rate to compensate the lender for the risk you're bringing to the table with your inexperience and/or lack of collateral.

When you bring nothing to the table, it’s because you’re producing something else, which is just as valuable as money.

It's tough to know as sometimes these deals take massaging into place.

I’ve been friends with him for 5+ years and I trust him, I just worry that I’ll be the only one bringing knowledge to the table from researching and he’ll just learn on the job.