A one-person show isn’t gonna cut it.

The challenge was separating business from personal relationship.

How often do you use it personally or let friends/relatives stay? 

He personally screened every tenant, handled every maintenance request, and even showed up to mow the lawn at his properties when the landscapers were running late.His phone rang constantly—contractors, tenants, vendors—all needing his immediate attention.

You can probably meet him in person if you attend the next HH.

We sold 3 locations that had little debt on them with great cashflow, stayed heavy in cash, our stock return was only around 11% versus 25% since we went conservative, have two projects banks have already greenlighted with no downpayment on our part using cross collateralization with other properties- built in $2.5mm equity creation in 3 years in those projects, on hold for now.  .   

For me personally, I am hesitant to sell unless it really makes sense.

One thing to note when getting conventional mortgages and spouses.There is a 10 limit per person for conventional financing.You can either do 10 conventional in each person's name which would be 20 mortgages for 2 people or if you do the mortgages jointly, will only allow 10 in total.My thoughts are not to own joint assets until you are both married. 

I am surprised you found a bank willing to do this.

I will be honest and let you know that your agent should be sending you personalized deal flow and providing numbers on why they think it's a great deal.