Would you take the short gain and make 30k or risk another 30k to get 50k, or risk another 30k and get 1300 in rent each month?

I also need to gain knowledge of how to be flipper... any ideas? 

In most cases, the net tax is not significant, and you will still very much reap the benefits of applying leverage such as higher cash-on-cash return.If you are self-employed with some kind of side business, and that business has no employees, you would qualify for a Solo 401k plan.  

Residential, fix and flipping properties...reinvesting gains basically.

Currently I am looking to gain more information/knowledge, network with other individuals, and would love to get involved in real estate.

If your intention right now is to network and meet people, you'll benefit more from going to as many MeetUps as you can instead of the auction.  

In this post I'm going to describe my experience in using smart move and try to call out where I see benefits and drawbacks to the service.

If you sell your house, you are looking at paying Capital Gains TAX.

I did a SFR flip there in 2015 and made a really good returnThey've been discussin LA River revitalization for 30+ years but it seems to be gaining steam, local gov is on board, and they've been approved some funding from the fed

You would probably need to issue a W-2 for your wife.On $100K, it likely will not provide a huge benefit to add your wife, as you would likely not max out contributions in your own name, but having her as a documented employee of the company would allow her to rollover existing savings from another retirement plan into the account.