And when home, she doesn't expect to take care of the baby...

@Daniel SmithThink of your Gold Rush analogy but with the consideration of all those gold nuggets having babies who grow up and have little gold nuggets of their own... and before long there is Gold Nugget overcrowdingIn real estate investing, we aren't dealing with a finite number of houses or tenants like there is a finite amount of gold to be mined --- long term, our population growth will generally keep pressure on housing demand and inflation - and therefore create future cashflow and profit for the LONG TERM investor.  

We are taking baby steps :)

Start small, take baby steps, toe dip, pilot trade, only use money I can afford to lose -- these are the rules I have in place to protect myself from myself.As a former homeowner for 33 years (I was my own landlord and tenant), I can empathize with the landlords on BiggerPockets.

 Good advice Ty and Mike thank you.I think a majority of people like to buy what they can afford when it comes to their home, and often buy a starter home and move on to a bigger home when they figure out there's a baby about to be on the way or they get a raise etc.  

I tell them my story to encourage them, not to brag and they know that, but their response is "but we only live once..we need vacations...the baby needs a cute nursery..."

With the Baby Boomers the largest segment of the U.S. population, and the oldest Boomers now entering their 70s, this is a trend that will fuel greater manufactured home sales in the years ahead.Low lot rent increases that matched social security bumps and are far less than apartmentsBoth examples included manufactured home lot rents that had increased over a decade or longer.

I have no employees to baby sit, no perishable inventory to move, no franchise fees to pay, and no store to maintain.

Mine is buy and hold rentals.Than from there you baby step you way to success!

And now to turn your baby over to someone who you don't know, it's scary!