I would like to have the following features:-Automatic payment withdraw -Reporting to the credit bureaus -ability to receive a receipt after the payment is posted -reporting for tax purposes

That will give you the ability to at least be able to fight the charge back. 

., just not sure how our marriage affects our ability to each claim the 121 exclusion on property that was bought before the marriage but sold after the marriage. 

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It sounded like laws had changed the ability for agents to be able to discus this.

Instead, know your skills and your abilities and use that to help them and propose what you could do to help.

Make sure you have a back-up plan if that happens - i.e. have cash or ability to quickly refi.

If you have the ability to move every year or 2, you could purchase owner occupied.  

Motivation can be money, but it can be to be closer to family, tired of being a landlord, tired of doing repairs (would rather move to a condo), age and ability to maintain, location transfer, timing...there are a million reasons that make a seller become motivated.But to your point, asking if real estate has enough deals to make money is a bit quizzical.

If you have educated yourself and are confident in your abilities and numbers @Cody Smith then debt is a tool to bring forward your investments so you can get the benefits of the investment now.