While it provides a steady income stream and potential appreciation, it demands active management, thorough tenant screening, and may involve higher vacancy risks compared to traditional leases.

For example hang drywall is a 3 day activity tape and mud five days.

I can sub out all the PM activities, leaving the "business" to me.  

I'm an active duty Air Force (retiring soon).

In other words, it may not really matter.I think it is also a fine line because even if I owned multiple properties prior to getting married, if my wife did ANYTHING to help with them, property management, sweat equity improvements, etc. then it can play a role.

1.Activities That CountTo meet the material participation criteria, you must log your hours in a detailed and ongoing logbook throughout the year.

I'm pretty active in Brooklyn and have closed multiple multifamily buildings, with the most recent happening a few days ago 11/26 @ $1.55M. 

I just starting to get active in Bigger Pockets and saw your post today.

In addition to my full-time role as an engineering manager, I’m building my real estate business as a side hustle with plans to grow it further.My current focus is on assisting first-time homebuyers and investors, but I’m always eager to explore new strategies and opportunities.

Currently flippers are much more active locally than buy and hold