we are renting from a college town/ middle income neighborhood. this is a couple who are about to have there first child in sept. 

Scranton is the poster child for investment property.

My fiancé and I live on the island of Maui in Hawaii, are expecting our first child in September and are considering investing in Minneapolis, preferably South Minneapolis where she grew up and her parents live. 

Husband gets to be the bane of holiday dinners and family get-togethers where her old school grandma tells everybody he's a dead-beat loser and that she should find someone better who can provide a home for her newborn child :-)"Get a job you deadbeat!"

[ie. meth lab, child prostitution ring,]

I can give her credit for the days we are repairing the home, because bathroom is been remediated, but were told by mold remediator specialist, is safe to stay in the home even if you are very allergic of sensitive to mold.

I guess if you went to Wal-Mart to buy a bicycle and the manager told the customer if you buy this bicycle you would be supporting child labor and I bet everyone would say give me 2 bicycles.

My wife and I both owned Toyota Tacoma's.When our first child was coming we sold my Tacoma and bought a Porsche for safety, and the ability to get kids in and out of the back seat.Image can be powerful. 

So first, a big thank you to all of you who take the time to help newbs like me.Second, a little about me: I am a 33 year old 9-to-5er (CPA) with a wife and a young child (another on the way), who has slowly grown tired of the Corporate America thing and have been studying real estate investing for the better part of a year now in hopes of making this my livelihood down the line.

I lived in my primary residence but then welcomed a child last year so we rented it.