I’ve always had benchmarks for knowing when I’ve “made it” in life: a car with power windows and locks, a refrigerator with a water dispenser and owning a single-family home. The last one stems from the fact that my wife and I always owned two-family homes. We lived in one unit and rented out the other for over a decade before we finally had the means to move into a single-family home.

But the funny thing was, when we finally got there, something was missing. Our single-family home didn’t feel as rewarding as I thought it would. Ahead, I share why this long-sought-after dream house didn’t quite feel like one and how a new Massachusetts law allowed us to add the missing piece to our family’s forever home.

Finding Financial Freedom in a Two-Family Home

After 10 years of renting, my wife and I wanted to buy a home. We decided on a two-family property because we were nervous about taking on too much financially.…