My wife and I have careers in healthcare and are looking to start building a portfolio of properties to diversify our income sources and build a better future. 

I am presuming you are not taking a secured lien on real property (you should)...I would not do this deal unless you are prepared to reduce your 100k liquid to 5k and monthly payments of 833.33 a month for who knows how long.If I'm a company 60 days away from a 12 million dollar infusion, I don't put myself in the position of needing a 100,000 band-aid.  

It is always great to meet others of like-mind and communities like this to learn from others, and potentially aid others along the way is a great thing to find.

Big drivers are the hospital/healthcare presence between Sentara, Eastern Va Medical School, and the children's hospital, also easy commuting to downtown Norfolk for banking and legal, AND you're a stones throw away from the largest college in the area, Old Dominion University.

I also seek to add value to investors by enabling them to find and invest in great cash flow properties, while maximizing their time, as well as their profitable revenue.By joining BiggerPockets, my goal is to establish a network of professionals who can aid in my growth within the real estate realm, while also finding ways that I am able to add value to those within BiggerPockets' network who may have a need for any opportunity that I may have available. 

They will still have to special assess for the caulking but can you imagine paying for a band-aid like that? 

Luckily we have free healthcare.

A robust farmer's market, a new artists district, several new niche employers building down on Exchange St, a micro micro brewery, a proposed $400M expansion of the Historic District to the south of 25th St, and a huge mixed-use development in the works in East Central where the old Rite Aid was.Sounds great, but it's still planet Ogden. 

Also, for economic purposes, by placing home in LLC (a business), children will be elgible for more college financial aid since the business assets for a closely held company with few employees are exempt/not counted under federal financial aid laws but are counted when it is our personal name.  

I do not want the income to flow through to my personal return because I want less income to be reported for better college financial aid for my kids.