Some of the language he has quoted back to me is disturbing but also clearly not conducive to any quality of life for him.

I'm sorry that life has thrown you these curve balls right now and I'm glad you're here looking to make an improvement on it. 

I will be meeting with a lawyer tomorrow to discuss LLC's, tax benefits, and how to make the CPA's life a little easier with the bank accounts and credit cards.  

I know some other investors who struggle because they changed their lifestyle as soon as they buy 1, 2, 3, 4 properties.

I cant imagine for the life of me what motivation you think they have?

Just like everything else in life, it all depends on the person (and the market segment) you're dealing with. 

So I made my first offer today a guy said he had a lake front home that was for sale for $169000 but the surround area not even the nicer houses were sell for that so I stuck to the formula and he said no BUT it's like the best day of my life because it's my first offer and all I did was try.

You will likely get several different opinions, but you should take the best answers that fits you and your current stage in life and the direction that you are heading in.

I'm looking to build a solid REI income that would allow me to take my life back from a schedule standpoint.

Its why most people only last on this site for a month or in real life never do a deal, and blame too many investors in the market