If you want to have passive partners, then you will need to engage an SEC attorney to create a PPM.Given the hurdles and challenges of finding equity the right equity partner, I'd probably look towards getting debt first. 

Petitioner testified that she was trying to build a brand by creating a website and participating in speaking engagements, precisely to solicit potential clients.

The service needed to be engaged in your name for tax purposes and the fact that the tenant paid for it at the time of service is problematic. 

An appraiser that YOU ENGAGE (not the lender) and/or a Real Estate Broker can give you a detail valuation. 

Read every book that you can, engage in the forums, watch youtube videos, practice analyzing deals, and get to a point where you feel comfortable communicating with other investors. 

Although engaging other investors, realtors, and wholesalers work, make sure that you are a priority to them!

@Ryan Mulder, you may consider engaging with a great, professional property manager who represents your interest.

You're welcome to continue engaging on the site.

Based on my reading, a general wholesale process does not engage agents (i.e., no listing agent and no buyer's agent).

The realtor I've engaged to rent the commercial space is encouraging me to list the property and the rental simultaneously but I think if I was renting a commercial unit I might be turned off by the building being for sale.And of course sometimes a commercial tenant makes renovations on their own dime that adds significant value to the property.I'm kind of stuck here.