My wife and I long term goal would be to get to the point where we have enough rental properties to support ourselves in retirement and also have something to possibly pass on to the next generation.

I'm glad I could pass along the idea.

With last years taxes, I was able to write off my rental income down to zero through depreciation, repairs, hoa's, taxes, insurance, etc on my rental properties.Since I do not meet the qualifications to go to $-25,000 I was wondering if the additional money I could have written off can be passed on to next years taxes?

If something you can't pass up comes along, you've got $200k liquid with the click of a mouse and are ready to jump on it right damn now, and you weren't paying interest on that $200k in the interim for no reason (ok you could take that $75/yr and divide it by $200k and claim you were paying 0.0375%... whatever).If you think that 'something' that might come up is going to need more than $200k, get a local lender to run numbers and qualify you hitting your DTI with what the payments would be if you maxed out that $200k HELOC.

X months pass, they call, and look at that!

Do other property management companies pass that expense on to the property owner?

None of my properties do, and the capital tied up in them continues to perform just fine.That said, it's more difficult to find a property locally where the free cash flow is better than, say, the dividend income thrown off by investing in a Blue Chip dividend mutual fund.If you're looking at small Multifamily properties locally and want a first pass "rule," I suggest using a GRM target of 12-14 as a first screen, assuming you're looking for a property that will throw off free cash flow with a 70% leveraged mortgage.If you want to more than basic long term buy it and hold it, you can do it.  

Is the seller passing over any cost to me that I shouldn't pay for? 

What's the name of the book real estate agents in MD use to pass their exams? 

For Oklahoma you start as a PSA, provisional sales associate after you pass a test then you become a SA, sales associate, after you hold that license for a minimum of 3 years you can get a broker's license.As a PSA or SA, you have to have a sponsoring broker.