It isn't just an ideal partnership, it's a marriage. 

Aaron Carroll,Welcome to the forum.First, I recommend that you never post how much money you have, anywhere on the Internet.The Scammers are always looking for that Information.There are many ways to make $$$ in the Real Estate Business.Invest in Single Family, Multi Family, Apartment Buildings, Triple NNN Commercial, Hard Money Lender, Flips, Short Sales, Wraps, the list goes on and on.All of that information is available on this forum.You can use the Search feature, to find more information.If you Invest in any kind of Real Estate, is it going to cause a problem in your Marriage?

I was recently stationed in Japan while active duty and throughout my last deployment I committed myself to listening and reading as much as I can on self development, long distance real estate, healthy marriage, and overall life success achievement.

Marriage  Kiddos  then kiddos schoolthis changes your needs .. and then like I said above if your self employed if you want health insurance its expensive..

The W2 income is high through marriage; it is two W2s and a child deduction.  

That cost me over $150K and almost cost me my marriage.

No party to this contract is a family member, related by blood or marriage, is a business associate or shares a business interest with the mortgagor (Sellers).4.

They need to be married for 2 years or more to qualify for 500k exemption. she does not necessarily need to be added to the title to get the exemption after 2 years of marriage.

We had a roommate our first year of marriage because it allowed us to save a ton of money.

I am completely okay with that, and don't feel I need to keep sitting her down and explaining REI to her over and over and over.It hasn't led to the end of our marriage.