It depends on the rental income, what you plan on putting down (20-25% is typical, 15% or 25% is required for conventional depending on # of units) For your owner occupied deal, you should be able to use a portion of the rental income to qualify and help offset your DTI a bit. 

Yes, depends on if he already has a loan and the rate on that. 

The proper answer is "it depends" I don't know anything about your case.I do prefer simple over unnecessary complexity.

Estimated costs range from $500–$1,000 annually, depending on the complexity of their LLC and rental activity.For Partner 2 ($148K joint income, W-2, 1099 income, 1 rental, 2 kids), a CPA is strongly recommended.

Add to that we have Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry with students (ages vary from 18 to seniors) numbering a few thousand, with no dorm space, and investors have purchased homes and rent room space to them.

Rates as low as 7.25, depending on credit score and LTV.

If the client is in CA the community property state laws may help here (not entirely sure) depending on when the property was acquired but it would be a great question for an attorney as Jason mentioned.If they were married and went through a divorce it would be worth looking into how the divorce paperwork stated how that property would be handled.

Airbnb rental arbitrage can work, but it depends.

In this scenario it is very tricky depending on the end buyers finances if you are looking to sell it to an "end buyer" and not an investor. 2.

It depends on what exactly you are referring to with gap funding.