.- Factor in another 8-10% for property management sometime down the line so that you can see what returns, if any, you can expect if/when you've moved out of the property.This deal may make more sense if you're renting out bedrooms and can get your total rental income to about $3K/ month while living in the upstairs unit.Please take this with a grain of salt as I am not licensed in or familiar with your market.

Our state and local taxes (SALT) amount to about 4% for the highest decile, and 6% for the lowest decile.

This idea you’ll be buying up Porsche’s and going on Hawaiian vacations for free is nonsense .Robert has done a fantastic job of getting an average person to think critically about their finances and future ..but the tax stuff he preaches is something I’d take with a grain of salt .

AirDNA and other similar tools online do a great job providing rent comps to drill into the numbers others are seeing (with a grain of salt) on assets in the area.

@Tom ConantI don't know your market, so take with a grain of salt.

Originally posted by Account Closed:Say your brother marries a woman who isnt the salt of the earth type.   

So I have a very unusual small business wherein I take out my pianobike (a piano and trike fusion) and busk downtown in Salt Lake City.

I've settled for a little less, but that's what I'm trying for.So take this with a large grain of salt because I might not be a typical investor.  

It is not always true, my car looks very nice, but my truck looks pretty bad, so take it with a grain of salt.

So, if you didn't put salt out and a worker slipped on the ice..