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Questions About Joint Ventures & Partnerships
Practical answers on joint ventures & partnerships for Canadian real estate investors — financing, strategy, and next steps.
Partnership Structures
A joint venture is a deal-specific partnership with agreed roles, capital, and profit split — often one partner finds and operates the asset while another funds equity. A silent partner typically contributes capital and stays out of operations. Both need a written agreement; handshake deals fail when a refinance, sale, or vacancy arrives.
Lenders care who the borrower is and who guarantees the debt. Personal-name files can be simpler for a first residential rental; entities can help with multiple partners but change income documentation. Title, insurance, and the loan must match the agreement — do not vest one way and borrow another without counsel.
Roles & Capital
Sometimes. Lenders may allow a non-occupying co-borrower or a guarantor, or they may require every title holder on the loan. A cash-only partner who is not on the mortgage still needs a legal claim documented in the JV agreement. Confirm the lender’s rule before you promise a structure in a term sheet.
At minimum: capital contributions, decision rights, management fees, refinance and sale votes, death or default, and how disputes are resolved. Include who pays shortfalls and how a partner exits. A lawyer who drafts investor JVs is cheaper than litigating a missing clause after closing.
Risks & Documentation
A partner’s credit event, divorce, or new personal debt can impair a refinance or a lender’s comfort on a renewal. Guarantees can also be joint and several, so one partner may be asked for the whole payment. Stress those scenarios in writing before you close.
Have a draft of who is on title, who guarantees, and how much cash each partner brings. A broker can tell you which lenders accept that vesting and which need all partners on the application. Book a free LendCity™ strategy call before you lock a partnership term sheet to a loan that does not exist.
Partnership Structures (Continued)
Common patterns include a preferred return to capital, then a promote to the operating partner, or a simple percentage split from day one. There is no single fair split — it should track who brings credit, cash, time, and deal flow. Write the waterfall, capital-call rules, and exit before you waive conditions.
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