Great community. now that my kids are out of the baby stage and I’ve settled down on growing the portfolio I can actually use my brain again! 

I am from a family of 7 , five kids , 2 adults and it was fun , constant crazyness .

But my kids are really into Tax Sales ~ but the best deals they get are using the tax sale list to contact owners . . . offering to clear / pay tax debt and give owner some $ for house ( so they can afford to move out. )This must all be done BEFORE the auction  If owner does nothing, and house sells at tax auction, then they get nothing ~ loose the house and the sheriff evicts them  This is all not easy ~ and the success rate is probably less than 1% . . . but they've got some amazing deals. 

KW doesn’t.A few reasons it works well for new agents:Top-tier training (real business building, not “good luck, kid”)Investor-friendly environmentMassive national network for referrals and collaborationCulture that isn’t cutthroatTeam-building models if you want to grow beyond being a solo agentCoaching and systems that shorten the learning curveIf your priority is cheap splits and “being left alone,” go to a discount shop.If your priority is actually learning to be a skilled, profitable agent—and potentially building an investor-agent business—KW is one of the few brokerages built for that.Happy to answer questions or point you in the right direction if you want more detail.

If you can make decisions that relieve any stress points with your spouse, with your kids, or with yourself, those are the decisions I would make. 

Kid's going to college can be a golden opportunity for 1031 exchanges. 

I have lived in my home a long time and thinking about how the current capital gains exclusion would work in this case, when Igo to sell, five years from now - kids going to highschool so no-go for moving to smaller unit in back.) 

I always tell new investors to live like a college kid for a couple of years after school and use the savings to grow the portfolio.

I would say when you have significant assets to manage, kids to consider and things like trusts, life insurance and other vehicles come into play.

The kids assume they're getting a clean inheritance and start planning the sale to split the proceeds.