As a young family of four with a cat living in the San Francisco Bay Area, rent money did not come easy. A double income family with parents holding entry level jobs can only pay so much, on top of day care expenses, wedding credit payments, and other bills. The small duplex with a driveway for a yard did not seem to satisfy the growing amount of things accumulated for twins and gifts given over a wedding's time. The focus was on the family and providing a happy and stable place to call home for the little guys.
It all began with a realtor father advising his daughter and son-in-law that this was the perfect time to get into the market. Start low and aim for the sky when the market turns around in five to six years was the goal. And, hey, mortgage payments can't be much more than rent payments.
The two saddled in the BMW tentatively and, dare they admit it, excitedly to see what this experience had in store for them. The babies were napping with grandma and this idle time was planned for Sunday excursions around the Peninsula.
And this was the beginning.
