Many youtube videos on the concept will help spell it out for you and give you confidence to proceed. 

Multi-family properties many times provide a better return per square foot than single family, which would be to your advantage as well.As long as you're mindful of the reinvestment requirements and purchase at least as much as you sold and use all of the proceeds, you shouldn't have any issues with this strategy.

Definitely a bad way to do business. 

We are both 28 years old with zero experience prior to getting involved, she works for the business now and I work Blue Collar in the trades. 

When we create our business plan, we also include our exit plan.We'll only proceed if we can clean this up, acquire new tenants at higher rents so we can increase our NOI, which in turn should reflect our cap rate and profits.Since this asset class is new to us we will tread cautiously.Scheduled to preview tomorrow. 

Quote from @Meliisa Lee: I recommend splitting the properties or selling them off and splitting the proceeds.

Am I giving myself another job/business?

But as often happens, a certain percentage of my investments “go off the rails”, in other words don’t proceed as planned.  

Bigger Pockets is a great place to find a real estate tax accountant.A good real estate accountant can save you thousands of dollars by leveraging entity selection and formation, tax deductions, cost segregations, bonus depreciation and tax planning.I recommend finding an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation, business taxation, financial planning and tax planning.You may want to consider working with your accountant remotely to expand your options.I would also recommend looking for a accountant willing to work with you throughout the year.

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