while they can and do throw the run of the mill asset finder off the track, when you accumulate some degree of wealth you will be dragged into court should a lawsuit arise.

It's beginning to feel not worth the hassle to continually track down payments for months at a time with no repercussions. 

Found a doozy on a routine inspection recently - I lost track at 24 cats 😕 - this tenant has been spiraling for a bit, but needless to say will be gone quickly.

Gave fake names of someone from SF and ended up tracking down the real people and they’ve heard their name being used before.

One your cash $40k and the other your financed $85k.Another option would be to track down the bank that is currently financing it and see if they will finance you to take over the asset.  

Justice Lee are you thinking of joint venture with partners?

If you want to scale your business excel is just not a feasible long term option especially when it comes to follow up appointments, diligent note taking, recording phone calls, tracking deal stages etc.  

What's the best structure for such a partnership: liability, taxes, avoiding commingling with other deals, expense tracking, etc.

That pretty much exists here already.Although I do find it interesting that the Justice department is claiming that they are arresting and convicting too many minorities.

The agent does have a point in referring , because the listing agent would be a dual agent you could potentially have more wiggle room in the price.. so not such a bad suggestion.