They may claim that one will cover the other or they are meant for each other and can’t live with out the other, but let’s be real about marriage and relationships in this world.

A partner need some quick cash and his wanting out of the partnership put other partners in dire positions where they have to scrap the entire deal, or get money from somewhere to buy out their partner.A partnership can be exactly the same and just as bad as any marriage or personal relationship can possibly be.Think about how difficult it is to get people to get vaccinated for COVID and listed to the anti-vaxxers' crazy reasoning.

I was 25 and my wife was 23 when we had our first baby.We fell for the “American Dream” and bought a single family home.Oops.Terrible mistake.Yes we have equity in the home but we could have equity AND cash flow.We should have bought a multi and then used our cash flow to buy ANOTHER multi.From there generate enough cash flow to pay for the LUXURY of a single family.Supplemental income is a very beautiful thing.Is it pretty and attractive in the beginning years of marriage and children to live in a multi?

If they are serious, a quick courthouse marriage can do wonders to ensure the significant other gets it, if that's the goal, and allows one person to be on the loan at same time.

For three or more unrelated by blood or marriage, I require each individual to make 2x the monthly rent.

(This is about taxes)You need a Zoning Permit for Visitor Accommodation:To rent your home for stays of 30 days or fewer.If the property is not your primary residence.Housing requirementsSmoke alarms must be installed:In each bedroom.In the hallway in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms.On each floor of the home, including basements.Carbon monoxide alarms must be installed:Within 15 ft. of the entrance to every bedroom or within 15 ft. of a bed in sleeping areas if there isn’t an enclosed bedroom.Centrally on a wall or the ceiling, but not directly in front of a door to a bathroom or within 5 ft. of a cooking appliance.Under the installation requirements for smoke alarms if they are combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.You can’t post signs for lodging on your home.The home can’t be occupied by more than three people (including the owner and renters) who aren’t related by blood, marriage, life partnership, adoption, or foster-child status.You cannot change your house so that it no longer resembles a private residence.Information you must provide your rentersRenters are only allowed to have guests between the hours of 8 a.m. and midnight.You must tell renters the trash and recycling collection days and any trash disposal rules and regulations.

Is your marriage stronger because the property and everything around it brings you closer together? 

To qualify for FHA owner-occupied financing you have to intend to live there at the time you take out the loan but circumstances can and do change - job changes, marriage/divorce, illness and other reasons for relocation so it is not uncommon for someone to leave a home they originally financed as owner occupied.

The books I read were mostly around business, finance, investing (both stocks and RE), marriage and my Christian faith.

Investing in this home is a perfect marriage of two things my partner and I are passionate about - helping people and building wealth!