There were all zeros in the column for "improvements", "fixtures", "household personal property" and "business personal property". 

That said my last Socal tenant placement each tenant made 3.5X gross for a combined household 7.0X gross income.

Not sure about other locales but here in Oregon if a tenant *applies* for assistance they are protected from eviction while the application is being processed  Also if a housing provider applied for funds the tenant is protected from eviction while the application is being processed Here in Oregon something like 27,000 households have applied.

We have six children and this house holds a ton of memories.

They will recommend only good people to me when I ask and they will have their finger on the pulse of availability/progress and also get the word out that I am a good person to work for.If I were you I would look around your house/units and see all the household/tool/etc. things you may need or want and then I would go down to Kovarik True Value Hardware (just did a search), introduce yourself, ask to open an account, buy some items and explain your needs...

Validate your findings with Craigslist and by calling some apartment buildings in the area.At the same time you need to know what the median household income is per the city and the sub markets/zip codes within it.

It’s not accurate to use median household income to measure affordability.

Triplexes are going to be harder to find but I’m of the mind that you should go as big and expensive as possible since debt is cheap and you are (assuming) a dual income high earning household. 

My husband and I have four children in the house from 1yr to 17, house hacking isn’t really something we can or are willing to do with our household size. 

What are limitations on total amount of pets with in the household?