This rapid transaction showcased our efficient investment strategy and ability to deliver profitable outcomes swiftly.

I overestimated my ability to get it done more quickly.

They will determine your assets and liabilities (net worth) as well as verify where you live now, your credit history and a host of other information that begins to validate your existence and ability to borrow money now and in the future.Once they’ve had a chance to review and verify your information they can pre-approve you for a certain loan amount.

PLUS you have the ability to actually profit at this level.

Owning two units will also, in most cases, maximize your profits since you will be renting to two separate families / groups of people, and will also give you the ability to "House Hack".House hacking is the simple method of living in one unit while renting out any other units, and even the other rooms in your unit.

So if he does finance my half, he's basically a private lender for part of the investment, so I would think he would want to make a claim for the ability to foreclose on my ownership interest if I didn't make my payments.

Other than the ability to raise rents at a moments notice  is there some other  local benefit to having a tenant sign a m-t-m lease rather than having them just sign a 1yr?   

I started with Sotheby’s and they were taking half of my commission, I’m currently with a small broker where I get 70% and I will soon be with EXP Realty making 80% and have the ability to make 100%, with passive income potential and stock ownership.

Mom and pop tenants tend to just want to be in a good location but national tenants are very picky about the placement in a center and their tenants walk ability and traffic flow. 

That makes your next purchase less risky due to higher reserves and the ability to earn interest on your cash if you put it in an interest bearing account until you need to use it which will counter the mortgage rate being higher.You will also get a lower payment on a 30 year refinance versus a shot term line of credit usually around 10-15 years on a 9-12% rate versus a 6.75% to 7% with good credit.