I think the percentage rule would boil down to where you're investing and the type of area.

Is there a certain percentage of words that must be different in order for the repeated message not to be detected?

My wife works in health care in Pittsburgh and a very large percentage of our tenants are also health care workers (health care is very, very big here in Pittsburgh).

I think it should be a percentage of the construction cost.    

I'm putting 20% down to begin with, I was referring to a percentage say 30%-40% or whatever keeps my DTI were it needs to be. 

Website (SEO)These are just all the marketing tactics I can think of, but I use a small percentage of these and they are very effective for me in finding deals.Hope this helps.

You just have to make sure that the distribution back into the accounts is equal to the percentage ownership/funded in the deal.  

Do you give a percentage of first months rent?

I would essentially refinance the home getting a good percentage of the equity in a HELOC.

You'll need to set up the following new accounts:Asset Account - Escrow at new company (I set my escrow accounts up as bank accounts)Liability - New Mortgage Payable.Let's assume the following balances before the Refi:Escrow account $500Mortgage Payable - $100,000.Long Term Asset - Property - $110,000Let's assume the following balances after the Refi:New Mortgage balance - $350New Mortgage Payable - $130,000Cash out $28,000Closing Costs and Escrow - $2000As you go through the Settlement Statement, you'll pull all of these items out and put them in the following journal entry:Mortgage Payable -      debit    $100,000New Escrow Account - debit   $        350.00 (You'll find this under the settlement statement, usually labeled as so many months of prepayment of insurance and property taxes)New mortgage Payable - credit -                       $130,000Cash/Checking Account   debit   $28,000Loan Amortization Costs -       debit           750.00           This should be only a fee paid as a percentage of the loan.