100% without a doubt buy a multi-family.I was you…My wife and I married young and had a child just like you.

That means if a child is hurt or killed, your insurance will be who the family goes after.

I rented my home to my boyfriend 21 year old brother- in order to move in his ( my boyfriend) home with our child and see where it can go.

An injury/lawsuit that involves a child typically produces the more high-dollar claims

An injury/lawsuit that involves a child typically produces the more high-dollar claims

Did they actually say the reason the applicant was turned down was because they had a child?

Hi Krystalyn,A picture is worth a thousand words.Measure it outside and sketch the floor print.Draw as you go and make each box equal to 1 foot.The just do basic 5th grade math to get the square feet; Length times width.Bring a friend (child) to hold the far end of the tape.Good Luck!

Individuals will owe the tax if they have Net Investment Income and also have modified adjusted gross income over the following thresholds:Filing StatusThreshold AmountMarried filing jointly$250,000Married filing separately$125,000Single$200,000Head of household (with qualifying person)$200,000Qualifying widow(er) with dependent child$250,000Taxpayers should be aware that these threshold amounts are not indexed for inflation.If you are an individual who is exempt from Medicare taxes, you still may be subject to the Net Investment Income Tax if you have Net Investment Income and also have modified adjusted gross income over the applicable thresholds.NII consists of the sum of three categories of income reduced by any properly allocable deductions for each [Reg. 1.1411-4(a)].

. $12k, plus an annual bonus that averages to roughly $1k/month (if that can be factored in)Current monthly debts (including mortgage, property tax, insurance, car, child support): approx. $3.5kDebt-to-income concerns:Time for some napkin math for a concern that makes me worry whether this goal is actually possible...Assuming all goes as planned, I worry about eventually hitting a wall where I'm unable to qualify for new mortgages at a certain point due to how the investment properties' mortgages will affect my debt-to-income ratio. 

@Giovanni D Midili I was in the same fork in the road as you 5+ years ago (except for the child :) ).