That said I do not allow cats but I am biased since I am so allergic to them.  

The reason one landlord sold me his 28-unit apartment building is because a child died in his pool.

It's horrific and a major reason why the Chinese birthrate is still plummeting despite the 3-child policy. 

Just for their case, I really want the payments for the child tax credit to go away. 

(The child’s game) I’ve got thru this experience personally in matters outside of real estate.

They are exempt from that tax as well due to property transfer from parent to child. 

Much of that labor was child labor (or rather offspring labor--he is 18 now) and mother labor (she came over for a few hours on two days to clean and do little stuff to keep me company), but it's still a lot of time!

Between child costs, debt, and just the cost of living, I can barely put food on the table.

Many parents believe wrongly that people are born good, so they go into denial when their kid is a horrible brat, throwing sand, hitting dogs, being hateful, etc., and rather than deal with it and teach their kid to be a decent and good person, they simply ASSERT that their child is good. 

We were due for our first child in June and figured we might as well just complete the purchase since we needed a larger space (we were renting a 600 SQ ft basement suite from our friends mom and dad) and we figured the rental in this future home would help hedge any risk with making payments in the future.The property was listed for $275k, we offered $280k and asked for new electrical panel and all closing costs to be covered by the sellers after inspection.