And they have apparently allowed water intrusion to remain under portions of our LVT flooring for a period of months.  

Conventional allows 5% down on multi now

It's a great way to increase your net worth and these loans can also be used to pull cash out of a property as it appreciates allowing you to reinvest money into new deals.Happy to connect to discuss further. 

Also, I set the deed up as tenants in common and gifted a small % of the home each year, which did not exceed the $16k-$18k max gift allowance. 

The restrictions you'll face with this is mainly due to zoning laws in your particular area, unless the zoning allows for more units or FAR (floor area ratio). 

We are now in a position where we have 4 investment properties completely paid off making us money and I have a high paying W2 job that allows us to feel comfortable enough for him to quit his W2 job and start investing in real estate full time.So my question is… where can we go to get advice on how to move forward with this in regard to the best way to structure our growing real estate rental business?

I don't allow rents to get more than 10% below market, even on the best of tenants.

The issue is that I don't know if I am allowed to make a new lease at a much higher rent price with the tenant since he is under RSO, EVEN if the tenant is the one wanting it.

It's a great way to increase your net worth and these loans can also be used to pull cash out of a property as it appreciates allowing you to reinvest money into new deals.Happy to connect to discuss further. 

It has allowed me to gain wealth faster than renting, but now I find acquiring the next property very daunting.