He had just lost his wife, and the property he wanted to sell was only partially finished.

After a rough first year where I lost money for 8 months followed by another 4 months of learning how to self manage remotely, I had a great 13th-25th months where we have kept the placed booked, kept it profitable, and largely reinvested into the property.Here is the question though-  to buy the first property, my wife and I used a HELOC on our primary and used that for the downpayment on a new property,  for the furniture, appliances, etc, and all of the other little costs that go into getting going.  

.: My wife and I are considering getting a home closer to her family to stay in for extended periods and holidays.   

My go-to example of this is that we had a garage door opener break in a unit when my wife (girlfriend at the time) had PM service.

The beauty of an Airbnb is you can offer it for sale while still renting it out.

I don't see it on the Oregon Real Estate site: https://www.oregon.gov/rea/licensing/Pages/licensing.aspx  PS I am no longer a broker in Oregon but my wife is..

I am not looking to leave my W2 and want to make sure that the properties I invest in are solid and would be something I would want my wife and daughter to live in. 

We’ll actually be in Baltimore next week for our Anniversary.My wife loves Crabcakes, So I’m bringing her to the Holy Grail.   

My wife used to work for REM Wisconsin in accounting. 

Your Realtor, who is your wife, or mom, or whomever she is to you, should know what options you have at this point.