If we keep the appartment as a rental unit for the long run (20+ years), we have an extra income source, might come in handy when my wife wants to work less due to children.

If there is no junior lender those funds should go to the poor person who lost the house. .many times folks don't know they get excess proceeds and it totally changes their lives.. were they just went through this tramatic experience of losing their home only to have it bid up and they get an excess proceed check for 10 to 50k or whatever the amount the property bid up past the opening credit bid.. so your taking food out of those folks childrens mouths when you engage in that behavior..  

In fact, most pediatricians rale against them.I couldn't find a more current statistic, but in 2006, over 85,000 children under the age of 15 were injured in trampoline accidents.

Yes, we will have 2 school age children. 

I don't have children but I do like to have family over for gatherings and want a more open plan.

There's a lot of good data about trends:from http://berkshireplanning.org/images/uploads/documents/Berkshire_County_Population_Trends_140909.pdfBy 2030:Population – reduced by 12,420 School age children – reduced by 28% – (school enrollment declined 13% over last 10 years) Educational Attainment – reduction in amount with college degrees (especially advanced degrees) Workers – reduction by 25% Seniors – increase of 69%Housing – continued demand in South County due to seasonal residence.

@Mindy Jensen Unfortunately not, because when the deceased purchased the property her children's homes were used for collateral, likely because she didn't have a sufficient down payment. 

As I previously stated I was formerly a teacher and in this field it has usually been a female dominated sector especially for younger grades like elementary, this isn't due to the fact that females are better at teaching children because this certainly isn't the case its just a fact that more women occupy the field.

SLU has also gotten a stretch along S Grand blighted, which allows them to redevelop that area and is another big upcoming improvement to the stretch of land between Choteau and I-44, where Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital is.The employers you mentioned (Monsanto, Boeing, etc) are engines that help the county areas a bit more as they're along more substantial inter-city travel corridors (I-70, I-170, I-270, etc).

When asks how many children she had, says "only one, and proud of him".When the women showed up, I happened to ask the same 2 questions, by coincidence, she says she's got one daughter in college, who'll be visiting, and "very proud of her".We actually was going to rent to her, had a high salary.