If someone's mental health is so bad they can't handle living in their own apartment, flying on a plane, or shopping for groceries, then should be seeking regular treatment by a licensed practitioner!

Generally, no, this does not avoid income tax.It's usually helpful for the non-tax practitioner to use deductive reasoning in these situations. 

As I said, all of this is new to us… I am a nurse practitioner by trade and my husband is a paramedic.

Great high level book is "the real estate game" by some guy at Harvard Business School who was a successful practitioner for many years.I would also recommend going through one of the failure or "slap my head" mistake threads together over beers....have fun!

Once she secures a full time job as a nurse practitioner we will be settling down in one spot and I will keep my license there. 

My wife and I are both in the medical field, her a nurse practitioner and I, a nurse.

Have a fulltime career as an Nurse Practitioner, a part-time career as an Army reservist.

I’m currently in Doctoral school to become a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and plan on practicing full time for approximately 10 years before flexing into a consultant/1099 role that will allow me work only on my terms.

You want a surgeon that specializes in the kind of surgery you need, not a general practitioner.

In this case a general practitioner is unlikely to be able to help, you need an attorney that understands the bankruptcy process.