Have you had any personal experiences in calling or business letters that you say played a pivotal role in a similar situation for you?

Does he have someone with power of attorney who is looking after things? 

If you want something relatively turn key, and with solid cash flow, buying in the city may be a good play if you’re okay with risk of some tenant headaches.

.- One day congress may get tired of giving this "lower tax rate for cap gain" tax break (i.e. tired of redistributing wealth to a certain group that likes to play with capital gains... yea you know who you are..lol), then this tax break goes away.

Partnering with them in different aspects has showed them the power of real estate investing.How did you finance this deal?

These are not cash-flow plays.  

I just don't want to play with debt anymore.  

You might be better taking a commercial real estate litigation attorney to lunch or just paying for an hour of time.The attorneys generally have case law experience of how these types of things play out with the legal system.You could also try rocket lawyer or legal zoom.People on here just can't answer legal type information or they shouldn't be anyways.

To follow the advise of my mentor, put your cup onif you want to play in this arena!

If you rent it out, you will be playing the appreciation game, like most SFR owners.