Whether they would be interested would depend on the scope of the project but you can always give them a shot to chat. 

You should chat with @Jason Pabon.

I think it's very important to have your spouse's support.

My motivation is to use real estate as a vehicle for reclaiming my time and to stop trading my time for money as well as to support my love of travel.

I don't want to train the tenant to expect technical support on her devices from us, and I also don't want to spend the next three months test driving equipment and configuring tenant devices on the network.

nor did I want to burn through the lion's share of my cash reserves on a down payment that will be necessary to support me during the first few months of transitioning to a real estate career.

Have enough properties/income to support my family and lifestyle for when I can retire from the military in 8 years.Again thank you for your time, there's much work to do and it's up to me to do it.Have a good one.

I've also been using the weekends to head over there to walk the neighborhoods and chat with people to see who is living where, what types of people lives in each, and who I could expect to market the rentals to when ready. 

I'd build a reserve fund and once that is met, would payout cashflow each month to partners4) Who handles the day to day operations and support of the tenant?

There were exceptions made to this all over the country, but not all that many and mostly in more expensive, brick-veneer balloon-framed homes, where the beefed-up structure helped keep the heavier walls in place and also supported the stress of the rafters holding up a heavier slate roof.