The latter method of spouse as professional is much more common and the primary way to defray losses against the physician's high tax bracket while you're in the accumulation mode and leveraging real estate, then flipping to cashflow in the latter years as you wean off the MD income.
We stopped accumulating several years ago as the glidepath showed success, and really don't need to play the game more than we need to and just be the beach bum

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