Determining whether the venture falls under a service or rental business hinges on the provision of substantial services; for instance, if a bed and breakfast service is offered, it must be reported on Schedule C, triggering a 15.3% self-employment tax.Moreover, personal use plays a crucial role in the classification of the property.

Determining whether the venture falls under a service or rental business hinges on the provision of substantial services; for instance, if a bed and breakfast service is offered, it must be reported on Schedule C, triggering a 15.3% self-employment tax.Moreover, personal use plays a crucial role in the classification of the property.

@Brianna Johnson you’ll need to find out from your mortgage company how much extra you can pay into an escrow account because many have overage triggers where they’ll send it back to you if it goes over their limits.

It will be triggered upon sale OR refinance, so if you think you might want to refinance in the next couple of years (or at least have the option), you may want to consider a shorter penalty length. 

Should I pull the trigger or just clean up the  unit as is.

For example, if you raised rent by $25 a month that is not likely to trigger them moving but it does help control the gap that could develop between your rent and market rates.Each year you skip widens the gap and makes it harder to close and more likely to trigger a move. $400 is tough to recover in one change without triggering a move.I have learned the hard way that I really should not skip rent increases every year, even if they are small.

@Ly MaCurious if you ever pulled the trigger.

I used to do lease options 20 years ago, and it seems like a great way to wrap around without trigger a sale or breaking any terms of common notes.I have a $1.3M property with a 1st of about $850k at 3.25%(or somewhere around there). 

Doing a cash out refi of your DSCR loan to pay back the funds from your HELOC would trigger that penalty. 

I have had many, many problems with contractors over the years that were 100 percent their fault, but I have also had a quick trigger on contractors, not realizing that none of them work they way I want them to, but it's whether or not they are working better than the person you would have to get to replace them half through the job.