.  --- and... these issues become issues for the other Tenant and then turns you into the constant 'utility police' because you constantly have to monitor # of occupants... eww. 50/50 is simple and simply understood and 100% while vacant is also simply understood.

Strengthen your financial strategy by building savings, monitoring credit, and exploring loan options.Good luck!

I only recommend this route if you are looking up a lot of properties regularly. 

I know some regular conventional investment property loan programs have certain rules about this but does Fannie Mae?

Ordinary/regular income: compensation for work or running a business, such as W2 or 1099s, as well as retirement distributions.B.

It's a regular response to help someone.

If the house takes longer to sell, we aren't losing money every month on interest payments and can hold for the right sell price.Cons:We lose our regular stable monthly income and have to rebuild again (we have done this before - this would be our 2nd "bootstrap, build, sell" business)We lose our 5 year history when it comes to conventional mortgages and moving into a new home for our own family in the next 2-4 yearsThoughts / recommendations?

I also monitor new legislation.

I want to ensure I include him on my list of contractors to monitor.

While we both work regular 9-5's, we wanted to do this on the side until we can turn it into a full time thing.