Yesterday, one of the neighbor kids was playing outside with his brand new Christmas toy.

From www.personalliberty.com:Obama’s ‘Promise Zones’ Picked For Their Strategic Value To Democratic PartyJanuary 9, 2014 by Ben BullardPresident Barack Obama designated five areas Thursday as Economic Promise Zones: three in cities, one in rural Kentucky and one on the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma – and nearly all of them offer Democrats stronger political inroads with resistant local voters.Obama described the ‘Zones as places where kids would, with the Federal government’s help, have the same opportunities to realize the American Dream as kids in more affluent parts of the country.

I'm not offering anything but a quick tip on this post.

Because the property is low income and in front of a junior high school, I'm nervous about damage and loitering from kids.

Paul, thanks for the tips I've been meaning to download the pod cast.

As a miser, I'm always interested in living cheaply, so buying a 4,000 square foot duplex might not appeal to me as much as the family with three kids.

Good tip about increasing the mile radius search.

I'm now 2 houses and 2 kids later on my owner-occupied journey, and while the bigger house and bigger equity I am currently in are nice, I loved living free with 450/mo x 3 units covering my $890/mo mortgage + tax/ins back then.Back to you ...- I second idea of entity owning and you renting.

A few tips..

I have a full-time job, 2 kids(one 6 months) and I just started grad school, so I might ignite soon.