I'm not opposed to making it a family affair.  

Any advice on how to get her on board and get into REI as a family affair?

Background: I am an aspiring investor (buy and hold) who has spent the last year studying up, getting my financial affairs in order, and saving capital.

What I mean by this is to do all of the things that you would generally do when operating a business: setup a business checking account, run the affairs of your rentals through the business, and possibly even transfer ownership of the rentals to the business through a quit claim deed (I am in the process of doing this myself right now).Another important document to have is an LLC operating agreement that govern the rules of engagement between yourself as an individual and your LLC.Food for thought from a newbie to BP as well as real estate investing.

Bill, it's simply keeping business matters business, and personal matters private.I don't care how good a business man you are or how upstanding you've been with all your business affairs, you never know when you might run across that one person you've ticked off and wants to settle things with you, personally, not through the courts.

In NJ, there is a great resource for new landlords (and tenants) called the Truth-in-Renting handbook, available from the NJ Dept of Consumer Affairs. 

Affairs, No.

It doesn't take that long to get his affairs settled if he's motivated.  

Unfortunately, a simple reinstatement isn't going to work here.Assuming that the dissolution was administrative in nature, the company continues its corporate existence but can only carry on business necessary to liquidate and wind up the company's affairs.

None of this is to say you shouldn’t arrange your affairs so as to pay the lowest amount of taxes possible.