Just one hole in the wall and a dead mouse in a drawer. im kidding about the mouse. lol thank you

Larger homes, I'd explore central AC especially if you plan to flip or buy and hold.

NC doesn't kid around. 

I am exploring the idea of carving out a mother in-law suite from an existing SFR.

One of the reasons my husband and I are looking to get into real estate is to be able to give our kids a boost in some way.

Good Evening, I am exploring multi-family 1-3 units.

Who is living there is the issue  for you, related kids or not.

There are some good lenders out there and I would highly recommend exploring some options. 

-They are hard to finance-They are prohibitively expensive-It can be tricky to find an appropriate lotI even explored using modular and prefabricated options but the 36' horizontal max makes it impossible as modular options are long and skinny so they can be transported.

I am in process of buying my second home which I plan to move into.We first bought our first house in 2012 for low 200's in suburbs of Nashville TN.Now the house is worth 440k.Balance on mortgage is 162k.The second home will be a new build in 500k range.My husband makes about 85k per yr.I want to start off investing in reral estate to have a cushion for kids education and retirement.At this point,our lender mentioned that hubby will be approved for  500k mortgage at 3.125% with 10% down.Provided the present home also rents out and we have a lease of 1 yr signed.We have all this set up.He also mentioned we can look into heloc.How do we do that.I have no idea about it and dont want to do it ignorance.I also plan to buy another home for investment asap after we move into second home.I am a SAHM and will be for quite some time.Any advice?