And although most are not terrorists we do have lots and lots of people from countries who are considered adversaries who have entered here and are of military age. 

At your age and income level, I would suggest looking into new construction long term rentals.  

It's not even a race/ sex/ age etc. 

One of the strategies that caught my eye is the use of aged shelf corporations.

Some things that make a rental appealing 1 - pet policy (pets or no pets allowed)2 - number of full bathrooms 3 - number of floors (single level vs multi)4 - backyard or lack thereof5 - school ratings (higher the better)6 - crime ratings (lower the better)7 - location to highways8 - amenities (parks, pools, trails, lakes, etc)9 - location to place of employment.10 - age of the property 11 - appliances Just to name a few.

"While homeownership numbers stagnated for the TikTok generation, they are still ahead of where their parents were at the same age.

First off, if they can justify removing the carpet and replacing it, they would need to bill you a prorated amount based on age.

I was married with 3 kids under the age of 7. 

If you have 500k in equity, not sure what the actual equity is: would you rather - repurchase your current property and assume and 2.6% rate ORfind some other investment that is made with the intention of being an investmentYou said the house is large and new - so current chances that you need major CAPEX is low but as this home ages and is in an expensive market realize that those updates will also be expensive.

It very well could be from leaking pipes below but just as often in mfg housing its just old age and cheap wood to begin with.