She works in another town and has smaller children. 

As far as good zip codes I guess it depends on if you have kids, planning on having kids or looking for an investment property where you were targeting a family with children.

There may be children down the pipeline so a town that will be great for families with a strong economy is ideal.

So I was watching some flipping shows and I saw the new Flip and Flop Vegas franchise used some cool CG to show how they were going to breakdown and build back up a certain room. and it hit me....why can't someone create an augmented reality App that uses the phone/tablet camera to do a real life snapshot or live feed to your phone screen, where you can change wall colors, add/remove furniture, appliances, and cabinetry.

Part of the reason I am doing the repairs and lawn care is to have more face time with my tenants, and more importantly, to bring my younger siblings and children along to learn the business. 

I have three beautiful children that are my pride and joy.  

You can't raise the rent just because the children are moving in. 

so say 10 million .Well who are your buyers for 10 million.syndicatornew crop of hedge funds   ( and there are many out there smaller like 30 to 50 million size)1031 investor  so any of those are going to really look at this more as a cap rate type purchase and they will want a deal... plus financing could be very tough so its cash.. so in real life a portfolio like this gets massively discounted to move all at once.Succession plan to children is alive and well in this model.

He has children and child support as well and has a baby with the GF that now left.

Or even a stock like Berkshire Hathaway is a play on the larger housing market (if you consider its holdings of banks, insurers, materials, furniture, shipping, even a realty arm, etc, etc, etc.).....A little unorthodox for BP, but it may be worth a look, and a super liquid investment (and there are some decent dividends out there, but not BRK on the dividend)....You may not have to own the actual property to make a decent return off the industry (which could have some decent demographics behind it with more household formation/home ownership by millenials).