I've had a condo where the condo board was horrible and spent money like it grew on trees on things that didn't need to be done and others where they were really good, made a budget and stuck to it doing major renos with no extra fees.If you can, I'd look into a single family home. 

@Selina M Stone  Not knowing your finances, I'll just give you two general suggestions I've given my own adult kids when they were starting out

In my experience kids are more distructive than pets and nobody collects a kid fee.

We have two little kids and we are at a point where we need to take the leap into real estate in the hopes that in a few years I can take a step back from my job to be a bigger part of our kids lives.

As a kid I remember my mom buying her first house in her late thirties after many years of renting.

I know stocks is not very popular on this board : ) but when you buy on a panic dip, you have a lot of upside

Im getting married and a couple kids will be on the way in the next 3-5 years so I am inclined to finance a deal now to take action however I don’t want to be more risky than necessary.

They also get the parents to sign on the leases for money if the kids damage the units.  

Are you kidding me?

I’ve been doing Section 8 with the Atlanta Housing Authority for almost 10 years and served on the their landlord advisory board for a couple of years.