I appreciate the information, I will definitely have to look into events in the future!

I’ve made some valuable connections here and picked up a lot of helpful advice from the forums.I’m an investor and real estate agent in the Grandstrand area, so we might even have opportunities to help each other out in the future.

However, you need to consider: - **Future rent increases**: Can you adjust the rent to help cover potential repairs or property management costs if you’re managing from afar?

Are there future maintenance projections realistic? 

They can optimize tax strategies across states and assist with allocating deductions, handling multiple-state filings, structuring future ownership, and advising on capital gains or 1031 exchanges.

In my experience, tradesmen respect relationships that offer future opportunities. 

You may show losses that can be carried forward and offset future capital gains.

Maureen, I would be interested in partnering with you on future deals.  

This statement alone, "I would like to plan my start for scaling", could be the most detrimental to your journey and the one that will have you making decisions for your future self who might not even like those decisions.

So I believe mortgages will look at DTI and want to make sure your income covers your current and future debt obligations at a percentage of 40-49% I believe, so their multiple would be more like 2-2.25x, but it's not a real apples to apples comparison.