The other tenant has been there for 6+ years, a single woman and her child.

Am I crazy for considering a rental property for my daughter going away to college next year? She has to stay on campus the first year, so I think that will give me time to learn the area. She would pay market rent,...

I was homeless as a child so I always wanted a house or 2 to live in!

I forgot to mention that they have a child on the way.

China is setting itself up for a large birth rate decline as their "one child" policy combined with a strong preference for boys is resulting in a large imbalance between the genders.I tried to locate some reference to this.

Here's wishing you have a very thick skin, your wife is an only child and she has very mature family members (her aunts, uncles and cousins who might also love to keep grandpa's or great-grandpa's property in the family).

National debt is $450K for every man woman and child in USA.

As I go into my first year of college I am entering undecided.

The guardians/guardian of the child is who you should deal with.

@Chris ClarkDid you review (IRC Sec.72(t)(2)(F)).The distribution may be taken to pay the qualified acquisition costs for a principal residence of a first-time homebuyer who is the IRA owner, the IRA owner’s spouse, or the IRA owner’s child, grandchild, or ancestor of the IRA owner or her spouse.The interpretation  is yes a duplex would also fall under this exception since it is your primary residence.The aggregate amount of IRA distributions taken by an IRA owner that may be treated as qualified first-time homebuyer distributions cannot exceed a lifetime limit of $10,000.first-time homebuyer.