I tried to find one with at least a privacy wall, but couldn't find one that was also obvious to be in a basement.Too bad I don't have a picture of the one from my childhood home. 

As my childhood Mr.

Nice guy; things went to heck when his spouse suddenly left and he had a flare up of his childhood heart issues (the reason he worked in cardiology); his mother moved in to help him out. 

I grew up (half my childhood) and live in town currently.

My father actually purchased my childhood home from a couple that did exactly this.  

But the tenants has been there throughout my early childhood years.

I laid my first hardwood floor at age 12 with my dad in my childhood home and realized how much value it added to the house.

The business version of childhood friends.. anyway,, Hey if referrals and the customer experience aspect is what you are focusing on might I suggest the book called "Whats Your Purple Goldfish" the premise of the book is to do small weird things that dont really cost much, but that have an impact. typically the smaller the better.

I am a new investor myself with a whopping 1 deal under my belt, so I'm not sure I am the best advice, but I would say the absolute first step is to have a real in depth conversation with you bride to know what's comfortable.From a monetary perspective, I would buy a cheap home in a good area that needs many repairs, add your sweat equity, and trade up your home in 2 years (or re-finance and use that to start earlier).

The seller answered my first batch of direct mail to tax-delinquent owners and wants to "move on and start fresh" from her childhood home she just inherited from her mother.