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Falling into analysis paralysis is the last thing I want to do, and I understand that making mistakes is a great way to learn, but I don’t want to make any mistakes that would prevent me from moving forward with making this into a functioning business for myself and my partner.

It's a function of how active or passive you want to be.It would help you to nail down what type of investing you are going after.

Foremost has a product where you can have what they call a "functional modified replacement cost policy".

The amount I pay on the sell side, for the service I get, doesnt warrant the switch, but combining the buy and sell @3,500 a project could could easily bring in an extra 100k annually.

It was functional however I can improve it.

I would focus on getting the highest function for the lowest cost as I don't belive you will be able to achieve a large payback.

Our combined income $45,369 with expenses of $24,125.92 for an expenses ratio of 53%.

If I understand you correctly, you are planning to combine personal funds and your Roth IRA funds as tenants-in-common on the purchase of investment property?

I will be giving some serious thought into running a soft wood/ pecan trees/hunting lodge combination.