Because of these reasons we spend more time than we like in the hospital.

There are 7 material participation tests and these are the 3 most common for real estate investors AND you need to meet one of them: Spend more than 500 hours on your rental businessDo substantially everything for the rental businessSpend more than 100 hours on the activity and no one other individual spends more time than you doAnother way to offset non-passive income (e.g.

You are correct, you are not the first to have this issue, but typically it is more of an issue of LO's not understanding how  it should be looked at. they just do not deal with investors often.I would also echo Patrick above, moving your current loans into a DSCR loan would not change anything for your issue so please do not spend money doing that. 

Obviously it also depends on how much time you have to spend and how much you want to be involved in working on the property, but living in one side makes all of this much easier and a good on-ramp into investing! 

This better work; we are spending so much money!"

These factors may include:Rental incomeBusiness incomeWork bonusesPensionsInvestmentsOne thing to note is that many states allow for deductions from gross income for things like:Property taxesUnion duesAside from monetary obligations, some states also factor in the following:How much time the child spends with each parentCosts associated with health insuranceThe age of the childChildcare costsHow To Calculate Rental Income For Child SupportIf you’re wondering how to calculate total rental income for child support purposes, the payments are based on several factors, but in a nutshell, here are the top three steps that should take place.Determine gross incomeFirst, how much cash is the rental property bringing in?

My primary objective was to run a long list and shortlist to fewer so I only have to spend a limited $s with the title company.

I also spend a lot of time overseas with my job, so I would not be able to manage the day-to-day of my properties. 

If you see window units, you can assume you will be spending a good chunk of money up front to pay for an AC system.Be aware when a homeowner has multiple cooling systems for their home.

Another item is, my logic at purchasing this property was to spend less than what I am paying for my current living expenses and it is about there.