So, now we are barreling down that process as we had not originally thought we'd be going that route and I am trying to figure out how/what sources I'm allowed to use to verify their income.  

Try to narrow it down to your top 3-4.

I've since closed down to focus on other businesses and run my own STR's. 

Would it be legal for him to take all the money from the home sale (minus our down payments) and then gift me my share of the profits?

Can we extract our data if down the line we decide to go with a different CRM.2.

I’m looking to invest out of my home state, Texas, and have narrowed it down to 3 markets.

I’d rather have some of that in cash than watch it go down or sideways. 

If you wonder why the latter doesn't violate the same taxpayer rule, it's because a separate IRC section 1041 enacted over 40 years ago essentially says that spouses can transfer property between themselves without tax consequences, and to my knowledge the IRS has not come down on any 1031 exchange since then in which husband/wife sell relinquished property and acquire replacement property in only one of their names or vice versa. 

But the best house buyers don’t let it slow them down. 

I haven't sold yet, I've been analyzing property to get a head start on the 45-day timeline of identifying the potential replacement property (and because I enjoy analyzing property).