I'm a dedicated yogi, lover of jazz, and mother to one human and three fur babies.Currently, I am a freelance interior designer but I started my career in real estate about 15 years ago in Austin TX as a licensed Real Estate Agent and Property Manager.

I like that line from Mother Teresa, “what you spend years creating, others can destroy overnight.

Large lot you can add an ADU, more parking, pool or take the pool out, add mother in law unit, etc.  

Real state sales is very tough as well. but if you put in the time early its get very good very fast.My wife in her early career was a single mother raising 3 daughters by herself.. now talk about hard.She was in a market of 50 to 75k homes back then.. she had to sell one a week and did do that for years. but very good at it determined and loved helping people find their homes. 

I personally created a legally created ADU or mother in law unit. 

She's a single mother who migrated to the US from Southeast Asia and, lacking much formal education or guidance on retirement savings, has been working as a caregiver for the elderly for most of her life.

Usually, "family" is considered the first tier, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, son, your spouse, grandparents, all being in a direct linage, blood or marriage, your great uncle by marriage isn't in this group. 

The reality is ADUs, casitas, mother-in-law suites, etc have existed for decades, much longer than the fairly recent state level ADU laws some of which are already 5 years old.  

Originally, I lived in the main portion of this house and rented the mother-in-law suite (primary bedroom) separately on Airbnb.

Running one AirBnB out of a studio apartment or mother-in-law suite is a great way to live for free and potentially cash flow.