Spend more than 500 hours on the short-term rental business.Do substantially everything for the short-term rental business.Spend more than 100 hours on the activity, with no other individual surpassing your time commitment.Engage in a significant participation activity for more than 100 hours, with your combined activity in all significant participation activities exceeding 500 hours.Participate in the business for five of the previous 10 taxable years.Engage in a personal service activity (non income-producing) for three of the previous taxable years.Demonstrate regular, continuous, and provable participation in the business for more than 100 hours.If these benchmarks are met then your income would no longer be considered passive but active and any losses could then be used to offset other active income ...

I've heard the standard $100 per door discussed as a conservative benchmark but just wondered everyone's thoughts on that, especially as it scales from 50 units up to 150 units or more.

Find the best deals and then compare them to the benchmark.

What are some favorite metrics/benchmarks in the long run -- long term buy and holds with fixed loans and no mid range thoughts of selling , re-financing etc.?

Identify a property that can be acquired at a discount for whatever reason (benchmark 60% ARV)2.

All high-ratio mortgages must be insured, either via CMHC or one of the two private insurers.Similarly there are two sets of guidelines for qualification:  High-ratio borrowers :Mortgage qualification is based upon the Bank of Canada Benchmark 5-year Conventional Mortgage Rate (V122521) - which is presently 4.64% [Note: This is also known as the mortgage qualifying rate];Maximum amortization is 25-years;maximum purchase price or "as improved" property value must be "less than" $1,000,000;borrower's gross debt service (GDS) "less than or equal to" 39% (CMHC prefers "less than or equal to" 32%);borrower's total debt service (TDS) "less than or equal to" 44% (CMHC prefers "less than or equal to" 40%); andproperty must be owner-occupied.Low-ratio borrowers:  If the lender bulk-insures their portfolio, they must qualify applicants using the the same rules as above.  

I would love to have some benchmarks and ideas.

Over the years, I've self managed my investment account through purchase of value stocks have outperformed by benchmark (S&P 500) over the long term.My interest in real estate is to get my money working for me in a new way.

Some may also offer a short term bridge debt option that rolls into permanent financing at a certain benchmark, saving in refi costs.DSCR lenders as I'm using it will be permanent debt financing for many investors because these loan products look heavily at the income the property produces.

@Jerry Puckett A GREAT Marketer. you're my benchmark.