This was not an investment purchase but my wife's residence prior to our marriage.

We also would perform the trim out work on the marriage line in double and triple wide homes.

@Andrew Atakpo Congratulations on your start of your journey - both in marriage and RE Investing ;) I'm also just starting out in my RE investing and I've been weighing the pros and cons of investing in-state or out-of-state.

Like a bad marriage.5.

We spent the first several years of our relationship (and marriage) helping each other get out of debt.

I have had a rental property for 7 years that I have just kept in my personal name and claimed on my personal taxes (it was my townhouse from before marriage so just kept it as a rental).

Background: 44 y/o, the SFH went to me for sole ownership after my recent divorce; Line of credit: 40K used during marriage and 67K left; I currently have tenants while I’m abroad and not planning to return to the U.S. for another 1-2 years.

Prior to our marriage, I had decided that purchasing a property through my VA (any Marines in the house?!) 

Besides, you might want to get married at some point, and you DO NOT want to drag a $30K debt into a new marriage if you can avoid it.

@Timothy Casallas I am very skeptical about partnerships, maybe because I have been through a divorce lolKidding aside, a RE partnership is very much like a marriage and it works as often as it doesn't.