Ordinary income is usually less ideal from a tax perspective for folks whose primary source of income is W2.  

It's not ideal if the property already has tenants but that doesn't mean you shouldn't purchase it either.

@Venkata Soma Once your property is completed and ideally rented out, you can look into refinancing with a conventional loan if it's been a year or DSCR loan if it's been under a year.

Ideally, we would divide it 99:1, with my wife and me as the majority owners.

Ideally, they should have ordered the questionnaire in the very beginning, or asked you general questions about the complex before asking you to pay for the appraisal, since the questionnaire is less expensive. 

I would ideally like to pump rent to 1100 the first year and do minor cosmetic upgrades.

Always great to hear from a fellow Texan.Now, I might say that buying a property in the $400k+ price range really won't be that ideal of a rental later.  

Ideally I would like to quit my job and focus on real estate full time but unsure of how to navigate that as a military family.

(both properties cash flow $1,300/month so they are money machines)My other option (not ideal) is to put 20% down come out of pocket about $15k, dump $10k into rehab and be $25k into a house that will appraise at for $80k.

What can i keep (id ideally like to keep the bathroom and electrical) a enclosed stairwell/ porch connects them would I need an additional stairwell to be built?