@Jerry W.Hi Jerry, excellent and inspiring story about the 4 flex.

Hi Roderick,If you haven't discovered the Bigger Pockets podcast yet, I highly recommend it for TONS of ideas and inspiration!

I also have a passion for building businesses, working out, inspiring others, technology, sports, and people. 

I tell her that I am not a full, I understand what the seller is doing - trying to push a holdover tenant (with little children - in MA!

You'll want to connect with @Ashley Hamilton, who is an awesome and inspiring investor in Detroit.

I want my in laws to do the house hack cuz I cannot move from where I live with my spouse and children. 

I have 3 children and my oldest son's father was killed when my son was 2 years old.

It's called inspire Realty, happy to make an intro for you.....I believe the cost is about $350.With respect to brokerages, there are many small boutique brokerages you can hang your license at with no sitting fees. 

Or is it sufficiently affluent that many send their children to charter/private schools and the public schools are suffering further decline as a consequence? 

 =)  It's posts like this that inspire me to reach just a little beyond my comfort zone and do a BFD...big fat deal.