You want as much non-passive income as possible, despite what all these REI folks state.The reality is passive income is usually linked with no control, and for that you to need to be careful how you marry yourself. 

"Date the rate, marry the property."

I'm new to real estate investing and trying to learn how to get my feet wet and get into this field.I feel like from everything I read, I am not quite in the position to be as flexible with securing my first investment property (ie, married with some children, not wanting/interested in moving, etc).Would like to hear how people did come up with the savings/money down to use to purchase your first investment property. 

Rates are higher right now but the old adage is "Marry the property but date the rate".

Another benefit to using a DSCR loan to your entity is that there is no limit to how many mortgages your entity can rack up, as opposed to an individual (10 mortgages) or a married couple (20 mortgages).

Then again, I'm married, with several kids, so I tbeen known to be wrong several times in the past.

I am a Jesus following homeschool mom of four, married to a teacher.

if yes you can avoid paying taxes on up to 250k of your gain or 500k if married filing joint.

Hey Justin, Section 121 allows you to exclude 250k from gains as single and 500k from gains as married. 

(Although if I can use less that’d be fantastic)  My fiancé (getting married this year) will also be able to qualify for Real estate professional status, which should hopefully help us with taxes.I don’t really need cashflow in these first few years at least, I’m more than happy to keep working and using that income to build our portfolio.