Hey Eli, to play devil's advocate here, consider whether you truly want a real estate side hustle of buying properties directly and becoming a landlord, or if you just want the investment benefits of adding real estate to your portfolio (cash flow, appreciation, tax benefits). 

If you told him you have been playing pickup games for the past year and need help improving your jump shot, now he has evidence you're motivated and a specific goal he can quickly help you work towards.

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Most will probably say its high without knowing what other variables are at play here though.

OF course there are variables that will come into play.

A muchlarger floor area is possible by obtaining a density bonus forincluding a few affordable rental units. 

We will renovate the fix up the first floor additional dwelling and plan to rent it out as a STR for the rest of 1st year to maximize the return of our renovation expense against our W2 taxes via the Cost Seg / Bonus Depreciation.

like I said I was just playing devils advocate ..

So if you found one with paid off system, I guess that is a big bonus. 

The tenant could be playing with you for her convenience.Personally, I have too many rentals to deal with a variety of due dates.