Imagine you make $100k and you are affected by 3 tax brackets.0-33k =-33K 0%33,001-66k 10%66,001 - 100k 20%You can take $100k in deductions this year and pay zero taxes, for one year and then $10,100 for for 2 years  ($20,200 total)You can take 67k in deductions this year and pay zero taxes for a year, take 33k the second year and pay $6,800 year two and $10,100 year 3. ($16,900 total)You can take 33k each year and pay $3,300 in taxes all 3 years. ($9,900 total)Obviously this is simplified but unless you expect to make much less and be in a lower tax bracket in the future those deductions could come in handy.

You start out right away with essentially 3 income producing properties & after a year it goes to 4.

I'm sure this was definitely a thing that was achievable in the COVID years...So the 2% rule seems like it would get you a lot closer to your mark than 1% in today's interest rate climate.1% really does seem like a unicorn.Now - here's the nitty gritty.

We modeled every new build in our market every year and find that it's exponential growth as you build smaller your returns go higher and I would guess it's the same for existing. please comment on your market and trends if you've seen similar patterns anywhere in the country.

(But not for a “I’m going to live in it 50 weeks out of the year and rent it out two weeks”, IMHO, if that was your idea.  

I have probably gotten between a hundred and two hundred loans within the past 8 years and I have learned some things along the way that make getting loans easier and harder.

.: Isn't this how all the iBuyer's lost billions over the past several years?

He must have spent gobs of time and money every year maintaining the books and the structure. 

 $10800/year towards the negative equity position.  

I have one rental property in San Marcos, CA (North County San Diego), which was my primary residence for several years before I moved to Orange County.