The owner also needs to apply for the short-term rental license and you need to consider liability, damages and upkeep.

NOTHING a family law judge says has ANY weight on a contract.

The options are A) treat the contribution as a loan, with 8% interest, or B) Profit sharing of a certain percent, or C) We partner up with weighted shares... like 20/80 with the understanding that he will provide ongoing maintenance. 

The learning experience you will get being a landlord will be worth it's weight in gold for your next property, and the next, etc. 

The CMA was just low - while no weight at all was given to the rental income. 

These lenders are hard to find but worth their weight in gold. 

I was ready to show the lease provision in which the tenant is responsible for repair and upkeep of the property and to report any service issues immediately, and I was also ready to be very firm (even if it went to court) on the idea that no mitigation would be considered before issue was reported. 

,Zillow is typically wrong, it is a tool that doesn't take in to account many of the variables, I would put little weight into it. 

That seems to carry more weight when the tenant agrees in court and the judge writes it on the judgment.Good luck!

I can't imagine banks are gonna start guesstimating markets to make a extra 20k on a property that they have to up keep and pay taxes on.