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

2) Focusing on Cashflow vs Appreciation: recipe to buy Class D properties that may take a generation to increase in value. - What type of tenant do you think will live in a Class D property?

In the past year or two we see lots of rentals and investors and rent prices have not kept up with home price increases. 

Quote from @Leeling Chew: Hi all,My tenant's lease expires on December 31, 2024, and converts to a month-to-month tenancy with a $150 rent increase.

After assessing the property's value and market conditions, we confidently made a competitive cash offer of $180,000.

You increase rents every year rents aren’t dropping.

It might be one of those positive sunk costs to increase the value when financing.

@Chris Kay beleive you can do DSR loans without a job as they qualify the property, not the borrower.You'd still need 20-25% down though.That's where you have a decision:- Pay down the mortgage, setting yourself up for a future refinance to free up your VA Entitlement.OR- Save up for your next acquisition.Only YOU can make that decision as you have to be comfortable with the increasing debt-load risk and the additional time to manage everything.

Reality: still here, only a temporary increase in the exemption.- Plan: eliminate NIIT - Net Investment Income Tax.

We had nine months straight of increasing inventory.