You want to go easy on the tenant with gradual increases, but they will still see it otherwise and you are still likely to cause animosity between yourself and the tenant.3.

He fails to recognize sarcasm that would be obvious even to a child. 

Seller would like bigger home, which I have.

To me, it looks like the BRRRR calculator and Rehab calculator would help supplement the missing rental portion.

It sounds like you know your business, so you should probably do that. 

Hey @Liz Zack I will start off by saying that I am not an attorney and this is not legal advice.I do not know all of the details here, but it sounds like you are going direct to seller on this deal.

I installed too thick of underlayment which caused the floor to not float like it should in my kitchen.

The real benefits are that you'll learn a lot, grow your network and meet a ton of subcontractors (this is CRITICAL if you want to be a GC), learn the construction process, and (like Bruce said) if the GC likes/trusts you they'll probably sign off on the experience even if you're still a year or two short.

Looks like Ellijay going through the same thing.

I can send some recommendations if you'd like.