Since you didn't find any replacement property you basically have a non-event. 

Basically our goal is to buy more rental properties.

That is the only way that you WILL be able to get out of your job.Its not that hard to drive around your area and look for ugly properties.

This is a grand opportunity to drive the price down with the seller if you're buying with the right fixit-man skill set -- you're not.If you do this, you're making a major commitment, the kind of thing so far out of a typical hands-off investor's comfort zone that it will take her/him into a danger zone.

You can get a cellular router, basically a router that will connect to an AT&T or Verizon cell phone plan.

So basically, their income has to work for the new RTO deal.

Its not easy  so step one is getting the know the area like the back of your hand and become a black belt at the basics which I outlined above. 

I believe Expense because i was repairing the unit with the exact same thing it had when it broke.I am using Quicken to keep up with all the records and am trying to track these as tax items. 1) how do i track these "Schedule E/C" 2) when i have to drive, eat, and other stuff how is that tracked?

Basically, I just get copies of invoices for anything that is done during the month along with my monthly statement. 

I recently found an intriguing property when "driving for dollars".