It could pass the %70 test.I once ran a survey for a product idea (Software and product management by trade) and discovered that a lot of people will just browse around google maps for fun.

My suggestion is to sell all four investment properties and trade up to a larger multi-family property using a 1031 exchange and start realizing some economies of scale.

@Jennifer OsborneHave you gone to any of the meetups in the area, usually some wholesalers some syndicators and other trade people who looking for business.

Here is an example link:  https://www.signwindisplay.com/trade-show-displays/trade-show-booths?

e.g. real estate professional (Sec 469) with trade or business (Sec 162) with material participation (Sec 469)You do not have to materially participate in an activity for that activity to be a trade or business. 

Married filing separate" has many repercussions and there's a possibility of unintended consequences.

Everything is a trade-off.

Drug use and theft has essentially been made legal with no consequences if caught.   

I have a basic feasibility done from an architect...But to get the numbers, Is it just a matter of calling up each trade?

According to the dictionary definition, a recession is: “A period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters.”During the last recession, a dramatic fall in home values helped cause it.However, according to research done by CoreLogic, home values weren’t negatively impacted as they were in 2008 during the previous four recessions.Home price change is the last 4 recessions:During the four recessions prior to 2008, home values depreciated only once (at a level that was less than 2%).