That said, it is demanding physically and timewise on my spouse especially and I'd like to have a solid RE portfolio in 5 years to give him more time freedom as our toddlers enter school.My goal is to have 500k in *annual cash flow* in 5 years.

Hi, I am a complete toddler when it comes to investing and buying a house in general…Just learned what refinancing was a couple months ago.

  #1, The one with a toddler: when she moved out (after only being there for 4 months) totally ruined my laminate floors and walls.

I am also in VA and have two toddlers, so I know how you feel about time hahaI would advise you to start much smaller and go from there.

I find that between my day job and having 2 toddlers I can’t spend more than a couple of hours a week.

Greetings everyone.As I'm ramping up my marketing in the coming months with what little time I have available trying to build a REI business, work a 9-5 (hoping to be out of this in 1-2 years), and chase a toddler around in the evenings, I have decided I need to outsource my social media & SEO work to someone else.

Heck, my grandpa had to do that as I kept running through the damn screen on the porch door as a toddler LOLIf it's not a door but a window: How can this keep happening?

Sorry for the lengthy post, but I thought I'd provide some background info before I get to my question.A little background: My wife and I (and our toddler and newborn) have just started our REI journey this past March.

Wife and I work full time (mostly from home) and the kids are toddler age.

FYI it's generally going to have to be "dumb person and toddler" proof to close on the purchase ("dump person and toddler" proof is an easy rule of thumb for when an appraiser is required to call something out as a "health and safety" hazard), assuming you are getting a normal mortgage.