The other thing about VA assumptions is that the seller's (veteran) VA entitlement will remain encumbered unless the new borrower is also an eligible veteran with sufficient entitlement on their COE. 

The IRS classifies income into three categories: active, portfolio, and passive.

One caveat is that your investment will be "locked up" for three years in the fund unless you use it to buy an individual note from them.  

There is DSCR seasoning that it as little as three months if you have an LLC and you would like to use the new appraised value.

I have three properties, prob need to sell like you said. 

Provided that both markets are appreciating at the same pace I would rather own one $600,000 duplex then three $200,000 ones.

I had five rentals up for clients in the past few months, and only three got rented.

Live there for three years and move and buy again.

Also she is working with us with city ordinances to  see if down the road we can change it from a LTR to a STR.last two- three years my wife and I have been property managing it from across the country using handymen as our boots on the ground and I remodeled the house with contractors inbetween tenants .

We have an owner who, against our advice, recently installed a thermostat that only they can adjust, and from three states away.