Not saying anything about your relationship, so don´t mistake me, but one of those two conversations has worked out much better - my wife, while understanding that we work to enjoy nice things, agrees that our focus needs to be our investing.

Mistakes will happen and are part of growth.  6) Do you have any great book, blogs, podcasts, or people you could refer me to?

I would agree with the others - take your lessons and do not do this the mistakes again.

I also just wanted to be able to get started in real estate, and make my beginner mistakes in a smaller / cheaper property.Do you think the fees would be worth it as I transition out of the 100K properties and into the bigger ones, 500K+?

(Trust me though, I've still made and learned from plenty of mistakes.)Keep in mind that, as with many other things, the key to getting where you want to be is to just do it!

If an investor learns from his mistakes, risk will go downGino

I think we'll Vlog/Blog the process as much as we can...so people might learn from our mistakes. 

Wall St. doesn't make the same mistake twice this soon (there a whole bunch of new mistakes to make!)

I am on the way but do not want to make some of the mistakes I have made so far in my career.

If you have nothing else to use against her she is staying.Sometimes you have to admit it's the lessor who made the mistake in the lease, not the tenant.