@PJ McLaughlinWhenever you apply or renew your rental license you should state if you have any children under 6 years old living at the property.

That would be 31,000 WORKING people making $17.85 hour currently with 124,000 living in the streets homeless (probably 3/4 children)?

Overall, we don't want to end up renting and not have our money work for us in the interim-we want stability for our children and in addition to my husband's business something to pass down to them, but we do not feel like we have to run out and buy a house now to do that (unless that is a good idea?!)

Long term, I want to be able to support my parents as they age, as well as assisting my (possible/probable) future children.

I'm 29 years old with a fiancé and two children.

She replied "sure I have relatives that live in much worse".Two children slept on this bunk bed with several cats, complete with the respective breath taking, eye stinging cat odor. 

Upstairs we have four children, who are quite rambunctious, so we will alert the new tenants to this fact, but are trying to lessen the impact of noise as much as we can.

They will also need to answer some questions like the number in their group and the amount number of adults and number of children.

@Dayne WintersHoboken (preferably Downtown),Jersey City (Anywhere off the "PATH" Train, note the Waterfront, Downtown, and Newport are nicer than Journal Square)Manhattan (anywhere really but the nicest areas are anywhere south of about 70th street)Queens (Long island city, or Astoria near a subway stop)Brooklyn (Downtown, Heights, Carroll Gardens, Park slope, Williamsburg, there are others but that's just the short list)Since your question is a bit limited I am unsure if this is business or vacation and if it is with children or without.

Perhaps one with strong real estate knowledge, but also one who can advise my wife and I on a variety of other topics, including but not limited to her 401k, stock investments, college funds/trust funds for our 5 children, etc?