How about realizing that when you use the current property taxes of a property you are buying to calculate your per door profit that the following year your taxes will reset to what YOU paid for the property and will likely significantly increase your tax expense - which can take you from a positive cash flow to a negative cash flow on a low cash flow property… now you are paying your tenants to live in the property every month out of your W2 income  hoping for an appreciation play until rents hopefully increase.I could go on and on.  

By positioning it for a quick resale, we attracted buyers ready to close fast, ensuring maximum value with minimal input.

We still see 1% deals here that bring positive cash flow and have potential for appreciation. 

With your strong credit score, high income, and solid investment portfolio, you are in a great position to secure financing for an investment property in the U.S., and as they've mentioned above DSCR is something you might want to look at.

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.

Adjusting for it allowed him to realize his property’s ROI was still positive but not as high as initially hoped.

ONLY the contractual position.

What can I do to help him (and help me) for him to be in a position to be able to pay his rent?

Our stock position is from a Longterm 15 years or more needs standpoint.  

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