2) My spouse currently works about 1000 hrs in our business and gets a W2 and is considering going for REPS for next year by reducing the number of hours working in the regular business. 

@Sam TrulliHey Sam I have read some of the comments and would really stress like others said using very little if not none of your money to get started in real estate.

I had always held my rentals personally and got at least $3 million liability coverage.LLC is used to reduce your liability exposure.

How would I add value to that REI, and NOT be just an annoying bugger who ask a bunch of questions through a stressful flip?

Have you cut and reduced unnecessary property expenses?

My inquiry calls reduced to a more manageable 10 or so calls a day, and I was still getting quality candidates so I knew I found my sweet spot.

Also has a second mortgage that was the down payment for #2#2 bought 2 years ago value $275k and I owe $145k on first mortgage #3 bought last year ago value $160k and I owe $135k on its first mortgage which is also currently secured by property #1 I didn’t fully realize this was the case and found out when I went looking around for a potential #4 My goals are to reduce monthly, and to make equity available to put towards a down payment on one more (larger) one. 

Receiving payments over time might help them reduce their taxes.

., hanging something) then just leave the plaster, do your thing, patch it and move on.If you have to disturb larger sections you run the definite risk of breaking the "keys" that hold the plaster tight to the lath, so you might find that sections start to fall down which can create a cascading/domino like effect.There are probably ways to carefully cut out sections that can reduce the chance of that happening, but like I said, the general rule is that if you're disturbing large sections you might just have to replace the whole area with drywall to be done with it.I don't have specific tips on the gas and oil changes re: RI's commitment to reduce/eliminate them.

1) Continue letting this asset be an investment for them through interest WITHOUT the stress or headache of managing it.