Then once it's routine you can focus on the amount. 

I do not know of anyone in this situation which is really hard for me because there isn't anyone I can really ask about my situation and I routinely get the "college is the best time of your life, stick with it" responses.

Top 3 things I routinely see on Schedule E that screw up an investor's calculated DTI:- Fair Rental Days.

We're routinely in and out fixing items off that list, inviting opportunities to point out issues.The message has to be clear, the landlord gives a damn and is a solid, reassuring fixture in the tenants' lives.

Yes, I handle these transactions from the seller side routinely.

But like you said, it raises my eyebrows to especially when they need to move in this weekend and its the 10th of the month.One slight thing I disagree with however is that paying for the credit/bg check lends any credence to their character.

Another common thread that always raises my eyebrows, and I’m sure you can speak to this, is the one where an OOS investor buys a place for $35k in the rust belt or the South, usually a 100 year old bungalow or a condo, with ~$650/mo rent and thinks they’re going to get $200-$300mo.

I want to start analyzing deals just to get some practice and get into that routine, but as only a free user of BP, I only get 5 free uses of the calculators.

We put $2,000 deductibles into our agreements  for major capex and do no routine maintenance of the property. 

So, if you are offering a stable class A apartment at 20% rate of return on investment, with a 9% pref on 4% CAP building, it will raise eye brows because it is not in line with the market.