I would recommend raising it incrementally throughout the years in order to avoid the shock to the tenants system of raising it in one big chunk.If you choose to not raise your rents throughout the years, it will also put you at a serious disadvantage when you are looking to sell because now you have a long term tenant paying below market rent.  

Yours may be, so if you can make your PITI in rent, then putting a tenant in the house and having the lease end at the beginning or middle of selling season could make a lot of sense.

Lower payments and you could put less down. 

Some years it might be in the red but I have the means to put money in if it does (though not ideal).Not everybody can do this.

She had a choice of putting down a deposit equal to two month's rent or paying monthly "deposit insurance." 

So I said its probably best to just pay the tax.If an investor overpay a ton, just to save on taxes, most likely they'll be inflicting significant financial damage to their portfolio… it’s probably best to opt out and pay the tax.1031s aren't structured in a way that makes someone "overpay" - it mainly comes down to poor planning which puts them in that situationNever let the tax tail wag the dog!

Put 3.5-5% down, retain most of your capital, and get started that way. 

Beware of him, his companies and everything he puts online.

All freshmen at WashU have to stay on the dorms for the first year, but after my first year my plan was to move off campus and put 3.5% down on small multifamily (2-4 units) and rent it out to the other students.

Before I put a offer in I looked to see if there were any open permits, there were none.