Four properties provide diversification, greater potential for appreciation, higher aggregate depreciation deductions, and increased cash flow over time but involve more management complexity and higher leverage risk.

Asset manager role would be to give advice on property that could be value added and increase the income on a property by small or big tweaks.

Looking for reasons to increase those expenses sounds counterproductive. 5.

If renting how much will it increase the rent and how long would it take you to make the investment back via the increased rent. 

@Shawn Tuma & @Chris KayVery difficult in today's market to cashflow putting 0% down:(5-10 years ago it was possible, but prices have increased faster than rents.Your best bet is to find a property that needs work, but will still pass a VA appraisal/inspection. 

You will get away from income taxes and annual registration fees by going to the townships, but your property taxes skyrocket which may offset some of the rent increases.

You could have given notice on 12/7 that her rent was increasing on 02/01.

EXAMPLE: a local HC has a single comcast email address for their entire office - mysteriously, they seem to be always losing emails and asking us to resend multiple times.The good news is they finally increased their max rental amounts a few years ago, so they are now more competitive. 

You need someone who clicks with you personally before engaging in a mentor/mentee relationship with the dedication and stress that may be involved.Where to find a mentorStart by looking within your existing network.

As far as the tenant goes, it sucks to have to raise rent but its still a business and its likely that if they try to find another place, they will be stuck paying even higher rents than what yours is at if you increase it to 90% of market value.