If I buy a second home as an investment I can use the 2 year rental income to influence the Debt to Income ratio, but it has to be on tax returns for 2 years before it can be used. 

My annual contract with my current property management company in Saint Louis, MO is up and I'm not too influenced by the idea of renewing.

I potentially would have let wishful thinking influence me to underestimate these expenses.Obviously, it is best to estimate these expenses on a house-by-house basis.

Mobile Home Parks are a great source of income, but they have a lot of unique characteristics that influence the value of them.  

We run a tight ship and are a profitable company with no need to raise our prices to pay back loans, appease investors, VCs, or stockholders (as we have no outside influence affecting our pricing decisions).  

@Oriol SerraReal Estate Investing BooksRetire Young Retire Rich -Robert KiysakiThe Real Estate Investors Guide To Guerilla Marketing -Scott JelinekRental Property Investing -Robert TurnerThe Millionaire Real Estate Investor -Gary KellerNothing Down -Robert AllenPersonal DevelopmentThink & Grow RIch -Napoleon HilHow To Win Friends & Influence People -Dale Carneghie7 Habits of Highly Effective People -Stephen CoveyGetting Things Done -David AllenWhen it comes to learnig about real estate investing you can learn a lot for FREE online.  

I can have a positive influence on people's future.

Higher debt influences your FICO and debt to income ratio.Have a plan to pay the debt off.

A lot of people keep asking me what books I suggest for real estate investors so i decided to compile a complete list of the books I feel have most effected me and my real estate career.Great For Basics- The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller and Dave Jenks- The ABC's of Real Estate Investing by Ken McElroy- The Wall Street Journal's Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook by David Crook- The Millionaire Real Estate Agent by Gary Keller and Dave Jenks- Loopholes for Real Estate by Gary SuttonFor Buy and Hold Rentals- The Book on Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner- HOLD by Steve Chader and Jennice Dot- Investing in Duplexes, Triplexes, and Quads by Larry LoftisFor Rehabs and "Flips"- Find it, Fix it, Flip it. by Michael Corbett- FLIP by Rick Villani and Clay DavisFor Mindset, Marketing and Better Business Thinking- The 10x Rule by Grant Cardone- Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki- The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss - Choose Yourself by James Altucher - The "Thank You" Economy by Gary Vaynerchuck - Purple Cow by Seth Godin- Influence by Robert Cialdini - Good to Great by Jim CollinsWhat would you add to the list?

By not asking outright for the funds but rather asking if he knows anyone in his circle of influence that may be interested, he may willing volunteer his interest.