That's awesome.Any chance you were able to roll your profits into another deal via 1031?

Can a successful business be created/started without any out of pocket (mine anyway) funding until I see profit that I can then roll into future purchases?

A list of approved establishments can be found on the Department’s website; (this educational requirement is in addition to the 45 hour sales pre-licensing classroom hours)Upon successfully passing the examination, candidates must submit the following...Real estate salespersons and brokers both fall under the purview/regulation of the RI Department of Business Regulation ("DBR"): http://www.dbr.state.ri.us/divisions/commlicensing...As a practical matter, I would strongly recommend taking the first option, being a salesperson for two years before applying to become a broker.

That would involve either showing proof of funds or talking to one of my preferred hard money lenders to get pre-qualified based on income and assets.  

I recently went to a 2 week 63 hour pre-license real estate class.

My personal goal is loftier than that, with visions of passive income and accrued wealth we can use to ease our lives and give our children an extra hand up when they start out as adults.My general plan is to buy and hold within our city, rolling over all cash flow and refinancing when appropriate to increase our number of properties.

However, they would charge a one time registration fee upfront and can't roll into the loan.

I may be ALONE without my wife's income but I am not sure that would apply because her name would be on the property's title but I have heard of this sort of thing happening for buyers Pre-Housing bubble ~10 years ago (one income earner seeking a mortgage WITHOUT the other spouse's income).  

We have a pre-approval from a bank...  

Don't understand that rule, you got married, there is a marriage certificate that proves you did, and you have been married for 4 years. i'm not a lawyer, but i would think there would be no problem withdrawing that money, any money ( not in a pre-nup) is considered both of yours when you get married, its not a gift if its between you and your wife only to close family members like the IRS points out. if i read your post right, you said the money is in another investment firm and not the bank ?