Hard money and buy and hold are not the best marriage.

so many possibilities.If she is not on the LLC as an owner, she should be OK, although, if You are sued, the strain on your marriage may end in divorce anyway.

Congratulations on your recent marriage. 

Then I got lucky to marry someone like minded (and I recall the Millionaire Next Door (great book) also found that having a good "defense" or saving money was a key, common theme of the high net worth accumulators of wealth in the US)...Back to the question, I saved some money, but then I did not just bury it in the back yard (where you actually lose money due to inflation, or even put it in a savings account which also loses money relative to inflation), but I read Peter Lynch, Warren Buffett, John Bogle and put what little I saved (and we saved post marriage) into quality stocks and index funds...

The clients (who are not married, but live together and are buying the house together) were told they HAVE to do an FHA loan. They wanted a conventional loan, and qualified for a conventional loan from a different len...

Finding investments that fit your lifestyle and marriage is key....maybe just a single family with an accessory is a baby step to see the rent checks coming in...

We also own a rental townhouse (with positive cash flow, but no substantial equity) it was my pre-marriage home.  

My wife and I initially bought a single family home and lived in it for the 1st year of our marriage.

Welcome, I too am new to REI business, I along with my wife have been working on our first property, let's call it marriage building 101,what an experience ,good luck 

I have a cousin by marriage who called me about 2 months ago to come look at his investment property in Baltimore City and give him a quote on how much it would cost to fix everything for a tenant.