This is very old but curious if you were successful with this? 

Your designer says we would like to have a copy of the floorplans with the wall heights, window locations, plumbing and electrical.

Do you think this would be feasible in Phoenix and if so, which areas?

Or providing substantial services in conjunction with rental activities can subject to SE tax (hotel like services...room service, daily cleaning, meals, free shuttles etc).Being a REP just defaults the classification of the rentals from passive to non-passive. 

I have a 401k, IRA, and pension in place to help me achieve retirement quicker, however I definitely feel the squeeze on a daily basis and always feel like I'm living paycheck to paycheck.

Some people like having just one account for all their properties.

As a new investor, your best bet is to start small with an app like DealMachine or Propstream so you have direct control of your options.

It’s great to hear that you and your wife are going into this!

Another this is running numbers on a deal, instead of punching them into a spreadsheet I upload my numbers to the platform and have taught it to tell me if it passes on not.

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