That being said we will most likely look into getting my wife licensed in the future if the need arises.

@George Andre WashingtonWelcome to BP, and congratulations on making the decision to invest in your future via real estate.I have written a few blog posts that may help you get started here on BP, and with your investing.

I don't have any active deals going right now but I am planning for the future. 

Best of luck in your future success!

My guess is he will continue far into the future.

there is value add for sure but they are all small apartments so won’t increase drastically looking at $50 per apt prprobably at most in the near future.

I found BP while on my deployment this last fall and started researching this a future business for me and my family.

One popped up in my neighborhood and several people in the neighborhood informed code enforcement and they shut them down.If you and your wife are good with living in a smaller place to pay down your mortgage faster than that seems like a great idea to me.At some point in the future you could always move back into the main house and rent the smaller unit if you ever wanted to.

A successful short-sale typically benefits the borrower (homeowner) in the following ways: it can give them more time in the house (and payment-free); it is better than a foreclosure from a credit report perspective and wold allow him to obtain a new purchase loan for a new home in the future more quickly as compared to having it go through foreclosure.I would encourage you both to reach out to a local realtor with short-sale experience and have them facilitate the transaction, it would not cost you or the owner the commission as it would be paid out of the bank's proceeds.No, in a short-sale I would definitely not offer any payments to him directly that are not known and approved by the bank, you can get yourself in hot water and probably legal trouble by doing that on a short sale.

This hopefully will settle the debate and add value to us calculating future deals.