At the price of a nice vacation home here I could invest in many other highly profitable places.

Although from what I read, State Farm is rated highly for rental units. 

Highly recommend 

As that will at least help folks that you reach out to know that you are a real person, with a picture and professional bio.

However, I think, with REPS, we can deduct the expenses and depreciation against his W-2/K1 income which make the overall picture look appealing.

I'd like to try to get at least one more evaluation so if anyone has a property management company they highly recommend, that info would be much appreciated.

He was an absolutely amazing agent and I would highly recommend his services.

Her credit is high 600s vs ours at high 700s and will be the basis for refi if she stays on.Are we thinking this correct and fair in terms of both options?

Ranching is not foreign to me, but as an investment property I wouldn't be operating it.The seller is only willing to go as high as a three year balloon.It is on a well and has a septic system, both of which I would pay to have inspected prior to purchasing.

Physical assets are very much, high maintenance and highly active.