(coffee maker all dishes includeded etc).It is a dorm style lay out all the bathrooms are onsuite so there is no half or hallway bathroom

i wouldn't worry about getting the absolute cheapest loan / saving half a point - i'd try to build a relationshiphope this helps

I don't see how you can force the other tenant to pay half for the service call. 

They'll likely take the easiest / cheapest way out and just do the bare minimum and slap lipstick on a pig to get the deal done.

Probably less than half.

I plan to buy the half-acre plot from a land bank in a small town in northeast Ohio. 

These two methods seem to be the easiest path to 800+. 

Think about it: a first time home buyer given the choice to buy the same home for let's say half price responds with a hard no, happy to pay double - what does that tell you?

Half the time they may not even realize they are acting as the GC and have that added responsibility or what that entails.

STR standard depreciation is 39 years @Andy Lanyi@Jonathan Cooper even if you take Bonus Depreciation as @Basit Siddiqi highlighted the remainder 40% will be prorated using the Half-year convention or Mid-quarter convention used in line with what you read in IRS Pub 946