It will be the fastest way to go from "too young" to "that kid whos crushing it"

I am married with 2 kids.

The population in Macon has been decreasing since before I was a kid, 40+ years ago.

Husband was supposed to take over the mortgage, but didnt qualify.Last summer, she decided to take her kids and move to a neighboring city.

Someone might bail on a HML secured by a vacant flip gone south, but they are less likely to bail when it's the home the investor's kids sleep in at night. 

Quote from @Nicole Koch: I think that most people looking for anonymity are basically trying to keep their name off public records so that if they own rental units some psycho cant just look up who owns the property, whats their FB, who is the wife/husband, kids etc.. 

Acquires a new one via capital injection annually, and with the pyramiding, after 20yrs of this will be siting on a nice holdings that is planned to fund kids university tuitions via rents at that time, which around yr17 we will start deploying into assets with more of that cash-flow focus. 

You set the GPS, drive to the ice cream parlor, buy some ice cream, and now your kids are happy.Now, consider the next few questions:Did the ice cream parlor lift a finger to get you in their store?

It could be freedom from a W2, travel, new cars, college for the kids - whatever your dream is, focus on that.

For me personally, I would leave it a loft so the renter could have a playroom for kids, office space, family room, etc.