I would advise the latter.Do not listen to Andrew B.

Quote from @Nicholas Pisano: Please advise.

It's advisable for both spouses to communicate openly about such financial decisions and consider consulting with a legal or financial professional for tailored advice.

(If curious, my residential real estate investor clients from 10 years ago [you can find my 10 year old bigger pockets dot com posts :], at the time buying up 2-4 unit properties, a lot of them are now done with the 'human' tenants and want to 1031 into something that is ACTUALLY passive, so yes Starbucks comes up, thus I watch it).In my case I zoomed all the way into a specific brand (which then allows me to make very sweeping generalizations across an entire state -- but still not the entire country), I'm not suggesting you do that, but SOME of the variables need to be narrowed down, before you can gain any useful insights. 

Assuming it will be Single Member LLC (you as a member/manager), it will come back on your schedule E anyway, so only thing you loose is $800 in california and bit more of paperwork but that preps you for future.Note - this is a very high level advise and mostly a personal preference. 

First, I wrote an article regarding this specific question, take a look if you're curious:The 10 Best Markets for Your First House HackSecond, if you'd rather do your own research, we created a simple "Where to Start" dataset that includes data such as population, price, and rent growth.

Louis and have thought about that as a good market for this specific use.

The one piece of advise I would give to you from going through the the hype of 2020, 2021, and 2022 till rates went up....

I try to not have a lot of "rules", but writing out some expectations can go a long way in resolving conflicts down the road and hopefully not ruining relationships/ friendships.happy to go over more specifics with you if you'd like!

Your specific job requirements appear to be an outlier.