If it's a larger organization, feel free to inquire about their different staff qualifications.2.

You cannot use rental income above your mortgage payment to help qualify for a larger mortgage, but you can utilize 100% of the lease income to offset so that should help you qualify for more of a mortgage. 

I am a busy man, sometimes more than others, as we all are.I come in here to help others when I can.I make no money from this-and making money is my primary focus.That and handling the responsibilities and time consuming tasks that go with it.I also lead a very comfortable life full of friends and business acquaintances that take up a great deal of my time.

Our cleaning fees for the year were $40k, landscaping $2.5k, handyman $3k... all tasks that can be done by an operator and off set the loss of income from occupying the main house that brought in about $40k for 2024.My wife and I have decided that even though it makes good money, we have been in Texas for a year and we want to do something similar here and we are very much DIY people and don't want a PM company to run it to the ground.

I'm all about efficiency because i hate having to do repeated tasks, but tasks that now AI can do.

If you have less than 20-30 rentals Quickbooks little brother Quicken is much cheaper, easier, and still overkill for such a simple task.

We'll see in a year's time where they're at.Why would you go for a larger DP? 

However, if the engineer is assuming a larger role (for example, project management, approvals, etc.), the 33% could be justified.

@Dina Schmid if you are downtown and have a larger property you can do 125k plus a year.

Marian Smith yes, crowdfunding is many people putting in funds to make a larger pool.