My mortgage broker also went with a bank who she thought could get the job done (as opposed to the very lowest rate and dragging it out forever).

Hi all,If you're aggressive about deducting repairs & improvements in-year on your taxes (as opposed to capitalizing over time), could that have a detrimental impact on DTI and therefore future ability financing ability for buying more rentals?

Again though im not opposed to flips or other strategies as long as they make sense.

Making exceptions feels like you're making out better at the moment (as opposed to drawing a hard line).

  - This option in my mind would take the longest to start cash flowing, but I'm definitely not opposed to doing it. 

But I’m looking to get into the investment/development side of the business opposed to the sales side.

Overall, I've noticed that the people I rent to really do tend to be A LOT smaller and obviously weaker than me, as opposed to the homeowners and of course other landlords I meet.I am also of the opinion that when my tenants see me in my work uniform, pulling up in my work vehicle, and have the opportunity to watch me working on my own properties with my own hands, a lot of class envy really seems to seep away out of the landlord-tenant relationship.

If gold was just as easy to transfer, trace, store, and liquidate I wouldn't be opposed. 

After all, since this is a rental property (as opposed to a flip) and you're making interest-only payments, in theory you could make payments for 20 years and never have paid any money towards the principal. 

You will be looking at deals that are more about lowering your expenses as opposed to cash flowing, but you can still make sense of house hacking there if you think long term.