It’s an economic asset for us, but also a place where we can relax.

My property manager I don't think has a chance to relax, but she does have systems built around her to free up the time when it comes to regular maintenance and rent collection. 

Which I have heard a guru say he uses as a technique, no escrow, simple paperwork between buyer and seller.  

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The Gator method is apparently one technique that may have some flaws that have been exposed here but may also be just the motivator for some people who would not otherwise even have taken a chance to get involved in real estate "investment."

We have used that technique in the past and have had a lot of luck with it. 

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Try some broken record techniques repeating, rephrasing, etc. 

So after being laid off a few times in the last 8 years I decided to get back into investing but this time focusing on buy and hold multi family real estate so that I could built wealth that could help me retire my wife who just had a long battle with cancer and survived , but is now back to work, and I want to give her a relaxing life free of all the stress of the world (by the way did I mention she is also in the mortgage lending field) so that explains the urgency to retire her from w-2 work ! 

Everyone just relax and make sure you have adequate insurance, it'll be ok.....I agree, LLC overkill.