Remember that seller finance is a huge advantage to you.

The VA loan option you mentioned is a great advantage of course.

Such an unfair advantage for New Jersey.   

Then include an intro to your company, why you buy houses, services offered, why someone should work with you, etc.Other pagesThen make About, How It Works, Your Advantage, and Contact pages along with some blog posts that are relevant to your services offered.

To take advantage you have to sell an investment or business property and buy an investment or business property.In theory you can 1031 your old rental property into a newer and nicer investment property that you eventually make into your personal residence.

I didn’t realize it then but thanks to this community ( and more than a year of unemployment ) I have learned I should have taken advantage of the W2 lending benefits when I had the chance.

If it were me, I'd lean toward selling to take advantage of no capital gains tax and use the equity to fund your next primary residence and maybe a rental that actually cash flows.

My question is - is it more advantageous to have me own the business entirely so that I can capitalize on the tax deductions & tax refunds so that I can in turn contribute more capital to purchase future properties together?  

If you're thinking about closing a property under an LLC, there are a lot of advantages that make it worth considering.

They are taking advantage of you and I doubt they will easily comply.