Write down your goals and write down a specific plan to achieve those goals.Of course the answers will change over time as learn what you do and don't. 

Full disclosure, I'm not a CPA, just a tax optimizer.

My goals are to achieve financial freedom through real estate.

If this is done correctly (by not paying too much, completing the rehab, achieving market rent) you should be able to do a CASH OUT refinance of approximately 75 - 80% of the ARV (after repaired value) of the property.

You can achieve the same or more with a triplex or quad-plex....with FHA loans available on 1 to 4 unit residences.

Side-bar....Thankfully, the QBI rules say I can also count my contractor's hours, so I should have no problem achieving the 250 de minimus safe habor for 2019.4 hours per week is not particularly stressful, but I agree it is not--as many have pointed out-- truly "passive" investing. 

The learning curve is not as steep as Podio as well, however, as its a newer product, it definitely requires some experimentation to achieve the desired goal.

Perhaps the opening discussion was not worded properly to achieve that, I was pretty excited when I learned of the possibilities.

What are you hoping to achieve by leaving them the houses? 

They are measuring their IRR and EM goals and deploying capital to operators where they can achieve true risk adjusted returns without being hands on and spending their time elsewhere to make money.