After the property is acquired, during any 30-month period, the additions to the basis need to exceed the adjusted basis at the start of the 30-month period.What is the 50% of gross income test?

And in general, it's "only" gonna cost a person 40% gross rents...... 

For my personal properties, I design the mortgages so that I'm just above cash flow neutral. 5% of the gross income is a good number I shoot for above neutral.

I bought my house in NJ, but looking in the North Eastern Region of PA where I can gross 2k a month on a 4 unit property.

During one business deal I had 3 different agents in their office taking over the file because of their employee turn over rate.

.$8kish / year or so on routine and reactive maintenance combined which should include your cleanings, lawn care, maintenance calls ect. 12% per month of gross rents should be a good estimate if you want to look at it like that!

I would like to pass on a little bit of useful information for anybody thinking of converting their permit over to owner-builder. 1 - You will not be able to sell the property for a minimum of 365 days from the date of issuing of the CO. 2 - The property must be for the owner's own use and occupancy and not for sale or lease which means you will not be able to rent it out. 3 - The owner-builder must ensure that all employees working on the project have the required licenses.4 - The owner-builder must provide worker's compensation as required by Florida law.5 - To apply for the owner builder permit, you must physical visit the building department.There are others requirements and conditions, however these are the main items.

, professional management requirements, onsite employee requirements, model units, etc. 12. 

My whole thing is; do I want to hire somebody that doesn't even have enough money to buy materials up front, or pay their employees? 

I also don't believe it will be easy to gross up the sale price by the 6% and offer it as a concession although I understand your logic behind that strategy.