When you convert to a rental, the basis for depreciation becomes the lesser of the fair market value or adjusted basis on the date of conversion.

I've had a conundrum the last few years since I bought my first primary residence, I was lucky to get a good interest rate <5% When I purchased this property I was very green and new to real estate but I had heard or seen somewhere on some financial blog or podcast that if you pay an extra $100/mo toward your mortgage in many cases you can accelerate your payoff date 5+ years.

Auction.com has many, but not all of them *and they aren't up to date with postponements and cancellations, either!

We could have therefore remained in compliance with the rules to only have one FHA loan at a time but not needed to wait so long to refinance after the first year expired because the other person would have been eligible to open a second one. 

Regarding existing tenants you want to know what the current rents are and when leases expire.

Are they paying market rent, are they excessively long or about to expire, etc etc. 

She found out they were trying to cut her out of the deal, the owner will delay things till the agency agreement expires.

Very few people go to the main page without a destination and dates in mind. 

My main advice there is not to DIY things when that will set back your completion date too much -- with so much potential income waiting, those are expensive months!

I hate the cliche saying "marry the house date the rate" but there really is some good advice in there so long as you can comfortably afford the mortgage at todays rate.