In terms of finding properties, it has its positives (most widely-used site) and negatives (harder to find "deals" here because the site is over searched with a lot of traffic).

So the first home purchase is scary but I think if your planning on living there for at least a few years you are more likely to do better purchasing it today than later.If you were purchasing this primarily as an investment my advice would be a little different such as do not pay retail, consider house hacking, your mortgage to expected rent is to tight to be cash positive with maintenance, vacancy, and cap expense added, evaluate exit strategies, etc. 

Hopefully the ROI will counter that and let me build equity quickly. 

But I would hope to build a partnership and eventually have him buy into a equal share position where profits could be split 50/50.Thoughts anyone???

If there's equity they will and you'll make some interest, hopefully.

Hey BPJust thought I'd post to see how many private equity / investors are active in Georgia, specifically those interested in high-return corporate housing, hospitality and senior care (skilled care & assisted living).

If your informal sampling comes back positive then I would do the full testing and the house would likely get put on the meth house list.

Thankfully we had enough equity and our house appraised for a bit more than we expected.

I feel that I am not in a position to start investing because my personal finances are a wreck and I need to first learn self control in my finances.

My rental has 25k equity but my personal only 10k.