I hope the kids will just keep the rental portfolio as extra income.

.#2 Explore Lowes and Home Depot to Learn About Material PricingTake a tour through Lowes and Home Depot (or their websites) and look at finishes materials and fixtures that you will consider using in your rehab projects.

I have been looking but all the Multi-families that I have seen are not in areas I want to live and I would like to house hack...My spouse is not keen on living in a multi-family anyways and we want to make sure the kids are not going to have to change school.I'm aware that I am looking at difficulty undertaking in building.

Save the hassle of exploring markets and information as I have it all condensed into one form for you with markets you didn't even know were cash cows.  

(I would love to raise rent on all the applicants but that seems uncool).Group a: couple with 3 kids, self employed but sufficient income, just sold house, wants to pay year in advance.

Explore that.

That’s a new one for meThere's an old South Park episode where there's a meteor shower party and Stan is stuck in the basement with a bunch of annoying kids he refers to as Melvins. 

No kidding.

I'm exploring options to invest in Savannah or the DC/DMV/Baltimore markets.

@Ashley Corbett in that range you may want to explore a direct mail campaign.