On tax benefits, last year we had a tax loss on our MTR business that lowered our personal taxes by an amount equal to 20.8% of our MTR gross rental income.

Employee management is not a strength of my husband (and he happily admits it!).  

There are obviously other metrics that have to be met, such as the gross monthly rent has to be equal to greater than the total principal, interest, taxes, and insurance; that is the debt service coverage ratio (DSCR).

He is a BP employee that just moved to Arkansas to house hack after analyzing a bunch of markets.

So 96,120 gross income lets say 10% expenses (they will add back in depreciation, taxes and insurance) = $7,209 a month x 45% = $3,244 will be your max PITI payment allowedI have a fantastic lender referral, @Sam Sharp, who is also an investor himself. 

There's silent battle between corporations, employees, and remote work policy.

This question has come up a few times with prospective clients recently, so I thought I'd shed some light on it.Generally, being an employee in a real estate business does not automatically qualify you for REPS unless you own at least 5% of the employer.

Comparing two deals - with almost same price point #1. no rent increases but Percentage rent lease - There is a base rent ( ~65% of NOI)  and the rest is percentage of their gross sales in last 12 months#2. 10% rent increase every 5 yearsAs a newbie option #2 seems preferable /safer to me, and #1 may be slightly riskier.

I've been renting out for the last 2 years using that systems (room by room) and it works - gross rental yields at 10% in some parts of Lisbon underserved. 

I give on what I would call modified gross.