A large fenced backyard will attract families with children.

The convert a 3/1 to a 2/1/ or 2/2 Strategy, is probably best in trendy areas where young couples without children would want to buy. 

However, I need to balance my investment orientation with the needs of my young children and am hoping for some BP advice on good areas for investment opportunities with decent schools.  

I love restoring wooden furniture, building things, and any task that involves me grabbing my tools.The current order of my goals are as follows:-Research best loan/finance options for me.

By the way, if there are any naysayers or doubters out there that say they don't have time to be a real estate investor, I did all this while working full time at a demanding job, being a husband and parent for two children, attending night school for a masters program, and starting a separate business unrelated to real estate.

By the way, if there are any naysayers or doubters out there that say they don't have time to be a real estate investor, I did all this while working full time at a demanding job, being a husband and parent for two children, attending night school for a masters program, and starting a separate business unrelated to real estate.

This will not be a full time endeavor for me just what to start thinking of my future and children’s future.

(nice round numbers to keep it simple)Purchase Price: 75kRenovations: 10k Furniture & Appliances: 5k Offer: 120kWhat I wanted to know is will the furniture and renovations fully go towards my cost and minimize my capital gains?

We really need to finish getting our house ready but he has furniture in our house, nice furnature that we don't want to be responsible for.

They had stepped in and helped these lower income single parent households to create a community among themselves, getting involved in school activities for the kids, stepping in to watch each others children when necessary, and a lot of other things.Then there is "the missing middle" issue in single family housing which is that builders can't/won't build houses that are what are now considered starter homes.