Other side is hwy377 running, either side are ranches with horses and farm house.

I'm not looking to get rich quick but I would like to start building a portfolio to eventually get out of the "9-5 rat race".If anyone is in the Birmingham area, I would love to meet up and let me pick your brain on things. 

I have already posted about issue in Maryland before so no need to beat a dead horse.  

But like most things you are going to have a ton of beginners listening to someone who is just out to sell guru programs and one size does not fit all in every state.. but one they get a BP pod cast its off to the races.

Wow, hold the horses guys!

I was adamant about not devaluing our services and lowering rates in what I believed could only end as a “a race to the bottom” for our industry and profession.

We'd thought about putting horses on the land.

It's going to feel like you're going nowhere for the first year or two or three...slow and steady still wins the race.

Quote from @Ashley Madalone: If your market is predominately male buyers, I'd consider the man cave, but my market is predominately female so I wouldn't consider it.But I have built 'She-Sheds' that the women just love, especially Tack Rooms for the horse ladies.

An exercise for you is to change this phrase "...knowing that my real concern is their inability to pay the rent due to maternity leave" and substitute "maternity leave" with "being X" where X is another protected class based on race, gender, ethnicity, etc.