Ultimately, though, I need to understand that my wife and I are in this together as joint partners. 

To me I don’t survive downturn or upturns.  

Detroit survives..I believe it's on the way up.

I ultimately decided to throw down the $ and try HostAway because I never got a personal response from Orbirental regarding a few questions I had. 

It just seems like you have to have some home run deals to make it more worth while.I think my ultimate goal is to do some live-in flips while trying to acquire a rental property or two during the two years of flipping.

Check out this wholesaling guide, it would be a good start to read https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/01/31/ultimate-beginners-guide-real-estate-wholesaling-2/

@Mark RobinsonYou are right, ultimately it is your responsibility to make sure you are following the rules with your plan.

He survived by the way.

I think my ultimate goal would be to own apartment buildings and maybe get into development.

@Allan Anderton You would refi so you can pull your cash back out to reinvest into the next deal and continue to recycle your capital over and over again to ultimately grow your portfolio.