If you yourself are the labor, then the only way to count it in the cost of the construction, is if you bill the construction.

My questions is if banks count into the lending scenarios the rental income when factoring in the applicants income.

As a newbie I would love to have all the RE and business related news in one site, you guys count on us to find leads, just need to figure it out how to make professional news out of them.What do you think, BiggerPockets  community?

Unfortunately a number of CA counties populate individual condo records with unit counts for the complex.

You can count me in.

I grew up very poor and my mother always had a hard time making the rent (and didn’t on multiple counts).

Even with investing in sate, its good to factor in the cost of management so your investment is still profitable if you decide to hire a manager later on or sell to an investor with a manager.10% of gross rent collected is standard and usually goes down as your unit count goes up. 

Sorry I missed the note on your flexibility - being open to smaller unit counts would certainly help with your search.  

When you count days in attorney review, you do not count weekends or legal holidays and attorney review can be extended if agreed to by both parties.

I'm not sure if I should be counting the college checks that he has coming (assuming financial aid money).