Hey All,I am having some trouble understanding how DTI is calculated and it seems that the different lenders I have talked to are telling me different information.I have 1 year of landlord experience renting half my duplex and just filed my first schedule E in 2015.

Originally posted by @Randy E.

When I accumulate enough equity, I would eventually like to be able to liquidate these and replace them with multi-family residential.Is this possible?

The upstairs tenant had sent me an e mail complaining that they still hadn't quieted down, in fact they turned the music up nd were still loud as of 4 am.  

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You must mean the schedule E if buying in your personal name.  

After the expiration of the first look period bidding to investors is open.

I have learned about the 50% rule (explained here https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/4454/32123-wha...) and was wondering if any seasoned investors saw a problem with using the saved funds in a highly liquid investment vehicle.for example: I save 50% of my rental income in a separate account to compensate for maintenance and vacancies, and use that money to purchase dividend bearing stock.

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The benefit is that the funds can be liquidated to cash so that they become FLEXIBLE and can be used for anything (marketing, payroll, operations, office rent, etc)...not just acquisition or rehab like traditional real estate funding sources.