A tenant can send me $5 and as Zillow automatically accepts it, here in AZ, it would count as me collecting partial rent and I would not be allowed to peruse eviction until the next month assuming I didn't disable Zelle and allow this to happen again and again. 

I have visited Austin and Houston (Never Dallas unless you count when I was like 8 and don't remember anything). 

Then count your saved rent as cash flow.

He is telling me the border income I am getting from the house hack does not count as income to help outweigh my debts.

If it is considered a basement then it counts as a story.

Should I be counting the up front escrowed money for my analysis? 

I am not sure how turnkey properties are cash flowing right now, especially in the single family market.Depending on how involved you want to be, one angle is to find properties where you can increase the bedroom count within the existing square footage.

And that’s when you forgot to count the principle pay down.

If you were to prioritize the following list from most important to least in any given time period:Mortgage ratesCount of Properties for SaleAverage Property Sale PriceAverage Property List PriceAverage Sale to List Price Ratio% of Sales Over/Under ListDays to Close (DOM)Count of Properties SoldCount of Properties with a Price CutAs a second question.

Since theses last few years have been statistical anomalies when it comes to home value surges, I wouldn't count on values growing at the same pace.