On the part that asks if you would like to "include absentee owners," I clicked no preference. 

In my best year, I sold 152 houses from my Keller William's real estate team and agents know who I am.

Conforming rules allow for you now to convert your primary to an investment, regardless of your equity position.As for the Duplex, they should be able to utilize a rent schedule, done by the appraiser, included on the appraisal, in order to offset a large percentage of the PITI. 

@David Krulac  so when you use that math the average household have 3.4 people in it or a little more ERGO more houses than peeps... including LeBron who clearly skews the numbers

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Should that purchase and sale agreement include that the owner is to transfer to me her holding of the existing renters' damage deposit and last month's rent?

@Dustin Williams@Nick Harvey @Ceasar Rosas Dustin,CAPs are pretty low in our area, that's speaking of cash flow ...  

In doing so, they collect all the money that will be needed to close from the lenders, after all the documents have been signed, including the loan agreements from the lenders.

We had separate policy package that included info about the property guidelines in detail.

., former employer 401k) to a solo 401k are not reported on Form 5498, but rather on Form 5500-EZ, but only if the air market value of the solo 401k exceeds $250K as of the end of the plan year (generally 12/31);When funds are rolled over or transferred from an IRA or 401k to a self-directed IRA, the amount deposited into the self-directed IRA is reported on Form 5498 by the receiving self-directed IRA custodian by May of the year following the rollover/transfer.Rollovers (provided the 60 day rollover window is satisfied) from an IRA to a Solo 401k or self-directed IRA are reported on lines 15a and 15b of Form 1040;Pre-tax IRA contributions on reported on line 32 of Form 1040;Pre-tax solo 401k contributions are reported on line 28 of Form 1040;Roth solo 401k funds are subject to RMDs;A Roth 401k may be transferred to a Roth IRA (Note that from a planning perspective, it may be advantageous to transfer Roth Solo 401k funds to a Roth IRA before turning age 70 ½ in order to escape the Roth RMD requirement applicable to Roth 401k contributions including Roth Solo 401k contributions and earnings.)