You can determine what a decent salary would be for someone in your market and then reverse-engineer to see if what you're paying as a salary, plus the projected performance commission, will get you there.

Do you have a rent roll for at least the last 2 years, so you can see how it has performing?

It's not the reality for most and if more beginner investors had the correct mindset they would make better and more informed investment decisions.

If a seller listed a home for $100,000 but was willng to sell for $94,000 as that was likely the FMV, it would be the same to him if he accepted $100,000 with a 6% seller credit or $94,000.I looked at the zip codes of lower priced homes in Memphis, Cleveland and Indianapolis and they appeared to perform betterMemphis38105 - Prices were $35,700 in 2016 and now $116,000(220%)38106 - Prices were $21,600 in 2016 and now $60,900(180%)Cleveland44108 - Prices were $34,000 in 2016 and now $59,800(74%)44104 - Prices were $36,300 in 2016 and now $60,400(66%)Indianapolis46201 - Prices were $42,900 in 2016 and now $149,000(247%)46222 - Prices were $39,000 in 2016 and now $127,000(225%)I should mention that I don't invest in Memphis, Cleveland or Indianapolis.

While your properties hold significant equity, adding debt from HELOCs or a DSCR loan could strain your finances if STR performance fluctuates or costs rise.

AND have provided the 150 hrs of material participation and not have had any other person perform longer work hours than you.

If the city ever wants to add sidewalks or run utilities underground, those homeowners will be out of luck.PS: I have never seen a juridisction pay to remove items in an easement or compensated owners for performing work in an easement.

As the legally required small print in the offering of financial products reads: "Past performance is no guarantee of future performance".

Its simple arithrimetic but often there is an angle and no prop is the same.  6)  good beginner rule I use for myself is that for a buy and hold multi - if it needs more than 10k of work its probably not a great FIRST investment.  

We will continue to observe the performance of this property and eventually will build a second house next to it.