As you get older, marriage and children can radically alter your definition of financial freedom as well :).

A partnership, like marriage will mean that there is compromise and this can only occur if you are talking regularly to one another.Tasks, “who does what”?

I am growing weary of spending upwards of 1 hr per property I'm analyzing, while maintaining a W-2 job, new marriage, and having fun with my awesome 5-month old baby boy (pic attached!)

@Ned CareyDeveloping a mentor-ship is exactly like trying to find a marriage partner, so true!

The status quo of his life and marriage is shattered but he builds a new life upon the wreckage of the old.1984 by George Orwell - A cautionary and prophetic story. 

Life changes happen (Marriage, Kids, new job out of state).

And when you add a time limit, it seems even more reasonable that you are allowing someone to rent if they have shown they are rehabilitated.Might be harder to 'pass the test' if you had other guidelines that eliminated those with a record of, say, embezzlement, alcohol on the beach, curfew, or marriage fraud.

He finally sold it when I told him we were going to have a baby (after 5 years of marriage). 

I'm not spending my weekends driving my 100 clients all over town and playing marriage counselor (except once in a while), but you're busy doing exactly that with your 30 as a Realtor (and for nearly all 30 too).

Most marriages fail due to the lack of financial intelligence and goals.