It falls apart completely if you think of yourself as as tenant and pay yourself rent (that you would otherwise be paying someone else).https://www.richdad.com/your-house-is-not-an-assetI prefer the quote from The Richest Man in Babylon, "Make of thy dwelling a profitable investment." 

I was happy to see you said your current bf would "pay you rent" as opposed to buying the house together.

You will eventually want your nonpassive income to be flown through an S corp so you can lower the amount you pay into self employment tax.

If you’re looking for good cash flow you might want to consider properties in some of our cities as there are a lot of housing voucher clients looking for housing and the some of the programs pay reasonably well.

Now how much are you bringing in based on renting both sides, paying your mortgage, taxes, insurance, maintenance? 

Same thing here with discriminating against a private pay applicant because they're not government guaranteed income.

Pay them.  

REIA meetings, meetups, calling the "handyman special" signs, calling the "we buy ugly houses" or the "we pay cash" billboards and signs.  

Right now only about 1-2% of my revenue comes from GVR.I can imagine GVR becoming pay-to-play and you having to spend money to gain traffic from it at some point, but if you are working with a PMS that offers that integration for free (shameless plug of Hospitable.com 😉 full disclosure, I work there) then right now any traffic or bookings you do get are a great bonus!

i’m sure it’s due to the soap they have been pumping down there but can’t prove it. who pays the $400 Electrician bill?