But I think the two key ones to me would be:1) Will your bank count a portion of the rental income in your DTI calculation?

As for the commission portion of your question, I can't help because I've never seen a month-to-month commercial lease.I know that SOME commercial spaces are listed on MLS, but you may find additional spaces listed on LoopNet.

It's a city of about 2000 people and a good portion of that are agricultural workers that live on the farmer's property.I plan on making up a market value myself, but thus far have trusted the Realtor to do his job.  

So I've been starting to do a system where a tenant pays a portion of their water bill every month (e.g. $25 or $50) then each quarter when the bill comes the tenant "settles up".

I estimate I can live in the basement and rent out the top portion (2-3 bedroom) for $1,300 so I'll have to cover $2,345 myself.Looking at the amortization table, I'm putting about $1,000 per month towards principal, averaged over the first 5 years.

Return portion of deposit deserved.

I will be working with several companies and individuals, as well as completing a portion of the work myself.

(this is a 30-yr. amortization).I plan to sell the rehabbed property and pay off the portion of the loan assumed for that purpose...But I want to explore options of a buy and hold on the second property, which means I need a better long-term loan for the properties.

After the property sells, whatever I was paid during the project is deducted from my 50% portion of the profit.For example:20,000 Profit (10,000 each)5000 Salary During Rehab---------------------------------Investor will get $10000 and I will get $5000 since I've already been paid $5000Let me know your thoughts on this or if anyone has been in a similar situation.

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