. :-)(just kidding, but depending on the Guests demographics, we can direct them to the best dispensaries...)

You should know the names of their kids and dogs, and vice versa.  

This is something I try to live by and teach my kids if I can - "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.

Hi Charles, I'm also based in Honolulu with young kids and in a similar situation to you, have also thought about buying an investment property in Japan that we could use part-time and rent out at other times.

In my mind the partner who contributes and shares across the board will have a greater alignment of interests but curious how others have approached similar scenarios and views on the subject.

I just don't want to sit with an elderly person or their kids and explain my position in that deal. 

Right now I have a kid in college and my primary income wouldn’t be any help.

Quote from @Olga Daisel: Folks,I am a mother of 2 small kids, 3 and 5.

Over the last few weeks, Fed board members have been signaling that a cut is in the making.

Are you kidding me.