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Hi, this is Frank Chen with REIClub.com, the only site you need as a real estate investor. Today I’ve got a quick video on real estate partnerships and whether they are a good fit for you.

Everyone has heard the horror stories of business partnerships, the disagreements, financial loss, relationships/friendships ruined... Although these are hard to avoid, they’re not impossible as long as you do your due diligence.

So before committing or locking yourself into a potentially devastating partnership, you absolutely have to qualify your potential partner, even if they are your friend or family.

Qualifying Your Future Real Estate Partner
**My first tip, don’t partner with family or friends unless you absolutely have to.
- Experience - How many years?
- Types of Deals - Wholesale, buy and holds, short sales, REO, probates?
- Number of Deals - Have them provide proof
- Expertise - Good with numbers? Good eye for decorating? Rehab experience? Great at marketing?
- Financial situation - Any debts? credit issues? Potential issues that could kill a deal, or leave you with the “bill”
- Network - How big is their real estate network? Know buyers? contractors? Agents? Title companies?

***It’s important to recognize each others strengths and weaknesses and how you can best benefit working together.

What the Real Estate Partnership Agreement Should Say
- Have in writing - the specific roles between any participating member, also...
- What the specific responsibilities and expectation are for each role (If you have an Acquisition Manager, don’t just put “Find deals”, be specific.)
- How each person will get paid, and when - Profit share(%)? Tied to the re-sale? How far after closing can they expect to get paid?
- Is there a review period? - Deal by deal basis? Or until further specified?
- Get the Agreement signed.
- Not 100% necessary to create a joint LLC until things become consistent, probably better to each have your own.

Overall Benefits When Partnering On Deals
- Pool your resources - Easier to qualify for financing
- Double analysis - One may catch something the other doesn’t
- Dividing tasks gets more done
- Expanding your existing network
- Accountability - this is huge, it’s easy to get complacent
- Split Risk - In case things go wrong, you have someone else to buffer the blow

Overall Cons When You Partner On Deals
- Splitting profits on top of all the fees
- Possibility of relationships falling apart
- Legal ramifications
- Greed can get in the way once you start seeing bigger profits

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