He actually waived the tariff increases that had occurred right before we purchased because I was pregnant with our first baby. 

The other three are our babies, and we want to hold onto them for as long as we can.And that's great!

Very simple, It is due to retired people moving here. 75 million baby boomers are going to be retired in the next 7 years.

My daughter said thank you too. she can't talk yet but she said thank you in her baby words

Young investor looking  to possibly dip my toe in the water at a rental property that can at least break even allowing me and my young family (16 mo. old and baby on the way) to go for free lodging down to the area 1-3 times per year. 

Create your own baby steps for how to use debt.

Back in the day when we rented a condo we put knobs on the cupboards below the sink so we could put a baby lock on it and our landlord freaked out at that.

That's part of the reason having a PM is good for us.Additionally, we provide all our own finishing materials, so having a PM makes the ordering of materials a good bit easier.Lastly, I try to limit the amount of time I'm working in the RE business each week (I'm involved in some other businesses and have 2 babies at home), so having someone on-site means I can limit the time-sensitive work I would otherwise need to do.I also hire out my PM to help other investors with their rehabs, so if we have a slow week or two (or three), I'll have him managing rehabs for other investors for a fee.

That house was from selling a previous house (2004)... which was from a 1033 that I was too niave to fight (2003) that was originally purchased in 2000.Here is where it starts... end of 2009, saved 50k from side hustles/living frugal, purchased a $265k SFR for rental. 2011, saved 50K from hustling and pruchases a $200k SFR for rental. 3 babies later and lots of bad financial choices, 2015 barely saved 30K and purchased a $330k major fixer SFR to live in because we lost oir house to foreclosure.

I would not expect to raise a baby 3000 miles away from home.