I suspect most people are naming their net monthly household income from the rental properties, which excludes their personal home mortgage, car payment, etc.

A SEC 8 tenant can only spend 30% of their household income on housing - rent plus utilities.  

This time we are in a much more depressed economy with the avg house hold making less than they did 15 years ago.

For many, whether using personal or household income, the answer would be no.

My parents weren't too bad, but all my friend's households were insane.

One thing I have always hated about the way average income statistics are given is that they are given as a per household number.

I can able to do it all in short amount of hours every day because I am fast, organized, time management and above all my great wife takes bulk of load managing household and kids. 

Picture this, household income avg family say $ 120,000, that florida family has a 350k mortgage, 50k in student loans, they are mid 30's, car debt 25k  on the   mini van, another  5k on Visas, so  lets say around 450k in debt.   

As a woman myself, I can relate to the challenges of running a household on a budget, and I also enjoy feeling like I can buy the foods I like, but I have found a way to have 'both' by spending on the things I enjoy and eliminating waste to cover the extras.Also, there was a great podcast recently about being frugal, but still having what you want, it was 'the Money Show #10'hope this helps :)

Highly paid young tech workers are marrying their own cohorts and creating “power income” households in the Bay Area.