Nice try, but this time does not count.In order to meet 750 hours, your wife will need one of the below:- do something else real estate related, like wholesaling or realtor- actively work on expanding your rental portfolio - have an extensive DIY rehab, like a month-long full-time rehab (and then she might need another kind of rehab)- a calamity such as multiple properties damaged in a storm where she will have to deal with insurers and contractors- something else out of the ordinaryAgain - if all you have is 9 single-family properties with stable tenants and typical occasional maintenance - you don't have enough work to collect 750 hours.

(And - full disclosure - I will be using a mail forwarding address also and only occasionally actually hosting meetings at that location... it's like a 'WeWork' space, I generally work from home and my managers are on-site at the parks...)To everyone's continued success, and due diligence,-jl-

My husband's name is on everything and he occasionally gives advice, but for the most part I do the work.

Why spend 12% for someone to manage a property in good shape where you just collect rent and respond to an occasional need?

A way around the whole issue is something we occasionally consider.  

All of that said, I just want to get together occasionally to give my wife a break from me talking about real estate all of the time.

Quote from @Dan Lucchesi: Quote from @John Underwood: Lower price and advertise in more placed.I even get an occasional booking from a perpetual free Craig's List ad. 

Read books and maybe take on the occasional 3 day seminar. 

Every flip is like peeling back layers of an onion, but this one came with tears, sweat, and the occasional scream into the void.

I look at mine as investments but I do have one in particular I do use occasionally for personal use.