Hopefully, they are knowledgeable with tax lien properties, great with advertising the property and have a list of renters looking to rent.

I don't have a single client with >3 Bay Area mortgages that has the day-job income to support those 3 Bay Area loan amounts (we're talking $1m to $5m in debt here, easily), so yes it's certainly possible.

In Ohio for example you would need to use very generic advertising language to build your buyer's list.

The management company had a unit vacant for an entire month before notifying my friend that they would START advertising his unit the following week.

They make drop-down ceilings that hide the support bars, such that the ceiling looks like the old-time tin ceilings.

My wife has been super supportive from day 1.

Realistically you are looking for someone who will be able to afford to support the property on their own. 

I understand this can't be done with the same person consistiently as it would be disallowed, but there must be a lot of other people out there caught in this same bind: thousands of dollars of retirement funds that are hard to use to support your real estate investing. 

I currently work a full time job, have 3 amazing young boys, a supportive and wonderful wife and a house.

This community is such a supportive resource, and the opportunities for education are rich.