The fear of renting while out of town is common, but it's easy to overcome, especially when you have friends and a handyman.

Is it common to purchase a home with other debt?

Common fees will include a set-up fee, a leasing fee for each turnover or a lease renewal fee, marking up maintenance, retaining late fees, and more.

Insurance is expensive, there is a lot of extra maintenance like painting or electric in common areas that don't apply as much with smaller units. 

10 year (the common benchmark for CRE loans) just keeps climbing.

@Tori Roy these are all over BP, and are super common.

Unrelated persons ordinances are common. 

It’s a common practice and I’ve never had any opposition to this provision.If you don’t have an operating company, you could get into contract in your own name and then assign it.  

Poor rental payment history is a common cause for non renewal. 

Things in your tax filing need to be really off to do this.Being a REP/active participant and using cost seg to offset a spouses (or your own if that's all you do) W-2 wages is fairly common practice.