Our instincts are to eventually rent it and use the income for payment assistance on a new home mortgage.

My tenants had late payments, but they were eventually made whole—credit where credit is due.Another standout moment was in 2021 when a major winter storm hit the area.

I've seen a situation two years ago where a new landlord had trouble evicting a tenant who was constantly late on payments because the tenant argued that the late payment terms in the lease had not been honored since the start of the lease and couldnt be suddenly enforced because of this. 

If cash flow means you make $8 more than your mortgage payment in month 4, awesome, you have $8 for that month.But.... if you factor in closing costs, make ready costs, leasing costs, repairs... it's typically years out until TRUE cash flow, with a value add or a turnkey (unless you absolutely knock it out of the park with a BRRRR and then somehow cash flow after the refi, which I guess is possible but very unlikely.)

It won't change the payment unless you refinance.

Then the rents would cover that payment plus the mortgage with cash left over.

🎉 As we kick off 2025, I want to encourage all my fellow Americans stationed in Germany—or preparing to move here—to start thinking differently about your housing allowance.Did you know that your housing allowance could be more than just a rent payment?

In any disputed court action where the court resolves the dispute and determines the prevailing party, the court shall also award to the prevailing party its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs and the non-prevailing party shall be liable to the prevailing party for payment of any court awarded attorneys’ fees and costs.

Let the cable company chase the tenant for payment of that service.Yes, require renters insurance. 

At that time, there were public records showing missed payments and multiple distressed properties, not to mention the overall struggles of the student housing market.Even the underlying investment showed major red flags in the PPM which she never disclosed or mentioned to me.