Enjoy your youth, go chase some girls, and save REI for later.

If not, you might want to learn what damage they are accused of causing assuming they have a deposit in the current rental.

Make no mistake many full time real estate investors are facing the prospect of losing their income just the same as the bartender down the street, yet no one on this thread is accusing them of irresponsible financial decisions. 

My Wife and I currently have a 2 year old girl and another one due in May.

This is VERY normal in lower priced Apts in immigrant neighborhoods.What happens is that they Landlords then are accused of being the Greedy ones, seen as charging more rent (because of the increase of utilities), allowing undocumented workers to live there in large amounts to have more rent money!

You might meet a girl whos father is a heavy hitter.Yes i realize 26.000,000 dont have a JOB. 

We had another door in front of the front door, steel gated door, but our girls who goes to school is in the habit of not locking it, so recalling what happened to me years ago, figured if she open the front door, the angry man might push his way in, and who knows what will happen.We held off installing CCTV system. for our house, but after the latest incident, spent $1950 installing a 5 camera security system.

You and your girl friend will love this area. 

After visiting countless apartments, some smelly, some with weird roommate situations, and some very expensive, we ended up negotiating four girls down to 25% of the total rent.

After visiting countless apartments, some smelly, some with weird roommate situations, and some very expensive, we ended up negotiating four girls down to 25% of the total rent.