You've done well with having options, now just need to decide and get on the same page. 

I didn't mean to imply that someone would consider hiring FT help at 10 units, but I guess I was wondering what the hypothetical point would be in which an owner might even consider it.

Hello,I'm looking to purchase a condo as a LTR investment but have received some conflicting advice.  For an absentee landlord, it would seem that a condo could have less maintenance headaches than a SFH and lower ris...

In a situation where you were doing an arbitrage (renting it from the owner, then yourself re-renting it to someone else) your costs to renovate/fix it up while you're using it would be able to be capitalized and depreciated by you once your rental was in service (available for rent to others). 

Do these messages disclose that you aren't speaking with the actual owner if you aren't? 

The good news is owner occupying allows you to get away with things like this a bit more. 

Who gets to decide if a repair that appears to be needed is real or fictious, created to reduce the net available to the lender? 

I can only think of 2 times inn the last decade my client has had to go though an eviction and both times it started cause the owner and tenant had personal issues. 

Decide how involved in real estate you want to be.

Hello everyone, I purchased my home two years ago, and currently, I have a tenant renting a room for $800, which helps cover my mortgage. This was my first property, and while it's been a great learning experience, I ...