We were saving better than most people in the rat race but nothing special.Now I had to convince her of the benefits of RE investing and time flies. 

Imagine coming off a 12-14 hr night shift in the ICU and your tenant emails/texts complaining about a broken toilet paper holder...or how they locked themselves out of the house.I think the two greatest skillsets I could have benefitted from but never got around to are sales, and software/coding.

You not only have a safety issue, but your insurance company may not insure you if something was too happen, you have a code enforcement issue, and you are exposing yourself to legal issues if someone gets injured up there.

Benefit to filing separately = debatable but probably not as good as you may think.

You get the same benefits tax-wise when you own in your own name.

I bought my 3 buy and hold properties cash, the benefit is speed of closing, which often means a better price and beating out competition.

@Joe Splitrock one of my partners in one of my land deals.. does just this he works for a company that does analytical for servicers and lenders to stress test their portfolios so they can predict their defaults.. this is done by credit  zip codes  and income or jobs..

I'm looking for direction on getting a gauge on the typical Cap Rates in the Zip Code of 31805.

If you would like to get together and talk things over I would be happy to give you benefits of my experiences.

I say do it without them included cause it might not meet appraisal, then u can purchase it after the fact and get the benefits of the new Trump tax stuff ...