I ultimately obtained a variance to build 12 townhomes and 18 condos reliant on my hardship case and by agreeing to take responsibility for replacing the retaining wall in a re-designed terrace approach that stepped the wall back from the most immediate neighbors which was a rounding error once applied to the overall project budget.

Grad students are good too and we still get them sometimes in our year round properties.

Your property sounds amazing, and you've got great ideas for it—those trees and stream are a real bonus! 

Your tenant is experiencing life on earth and it shouldn't be a shock that the corners of the world are not all rounded and soft and warm to the touch.

Then moved out and we're sharing another house hack with less than $200 out of pocket monthly for utilities and internet while using 3 bedrooms and a bonus room for ourselves.

If you want to go the extra mile, adding something like Netflix or Disney+ is a nice bonus, especially for families or higher-end guests, but it’s not a must.Cable TV?

I plan to raise rent by 2% yearly, and round to the nearest $25.

But I started off really conservative because I lost a bundle of money on my first go-round. 

Which just means that rather than the new loan maturing in a nice round 5 or 7 years, it will mature in 2 years and 10 months, if that's how long your lease with the current tenant is.

There is no limit, they do monthly/yearly bonuses and pretty much they make it able to make money to invest in real estate.