The request for blinds in the kitchen does not seem bad to me.

-Would partnering with someone be a bad idea?

House Value 330,000.00 Loan 105,000.00 Current Mtg 1,200.00 Rental Income 2,200.00 VA Apt Rent 1,800.00Numbers aren't bad, but here's my dilemma and I need some advice or opinions.

Yep, I got the bad one first and I learned a lot.

Don't feel bad about not being "supported" by the "family member" that is an agent, but not supporting you.

There's been cases when someone bought  dozens of properties subject to, fell behind on all of them because of tenant problems on some of the properties, resulting in dozens of motivated sellers, thinking they solved the problem dumping the problem on a rescuer, losing their homes, and having bad credit to boot.There were extensive discussions on real estate boards regarding the issue: Subject_to_problemsIf you're taking about a 2 year master lease, maybe you're thinking of leasing with option to buy.

And it's been three weeks since the last bad rainstorm when I had a dipping ceiling.  

We have 3 kids, have lots of bad debt, make less than $100k/yr combined and work WELL over 40 hours a week at our normal jobs.

@Mark DiGioia my bad! 

@Cory Peters Pulling out some equity to purchase another property isn't a bad idea, but it isn't your only option.