You have considerably less wall space, and trying to fill furniture into that one big space is often awkward resulting in a lot of wasted space that does not really do anything.And while these open floorplans are often promoted as "family friendly" I have come to the conclusion that they are a double edged sword in that respect.

I would also look to "stage" it with your furniture by minimizing and decluttering.

Brian Douglas has a lot of great advice about asset protection and taking care of children through estates.

Yes...they sacrifice children at midnight and worship the devil (sarcastic voice).

Are you recommending that at some point it would be wise to purchase land to add property to for future children in a way to support them?

You may legally turn away families with children, however, if your rental property qualifies as senior housing.

I mostly want to understand how do I go about figuring out the demand / vacancy rates for MTR before investing in furniture etc on my property.

My family includes my husband, three children (ages 4 years, 2 years, and 4 months), and my mom who will help with the kids.

@Michael Baum I didn’t think about preparing for replacing the furniture.

It's the perfect storm of low end houses (they look nice, but they are all builder grade stuff where they are throwing these homes up by the thousands every year), high occupancy with most stays having a high percentage of young wild children, and tired parents after a long day in the parks that are too wiped to police their kids properly.