I exhibit and talk at them about available tax benefits and cash flow that too many miss.

What do you file for this "income overseas," do you file SChedule C self employed on your personal 1040 tax returns ?

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The mortgage has gotten out of hand due to property tax increases, miscalculated escrow, and an increase in my interest rate from an initial buy down, increasing from $2600/mo to $3200/mo.

Can you throw out names for Missouri resources they have worked with before on investor friendly realtors, tax experts, and investor friendly banks? 

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Real estate's "gross rent multiplier" is Wall Street's "sales to revenue",  "cap rate" is roughly "P/E ratio".When evaluating markets and investments I tend to start with GRM (or lazily the 1% rule), then attempt to return a cap rate based on assumptions about costs, then I work my way to multiple years of projections (assumptions about inflation, amortization, tax benefits, etc), and if I am partnering with one of my smart friends I have to pull up an IRR (internal rate of return).I also look at regional employment levels, median income to rent ratio in the zip code etc. 

I am not a tax expert, but here are my thoughts. 

Ask yourself, why would the federal government pay MORE than market rent and waste our tax dollars?

I'm a realtor from Colorado who wholesales STRs nationwide to help investors get big tax deductions.