For real estate, Buy low, Rehab/repair/ add value/ operate efficiently and manage money/ sell high...I started out by living under my means-drastically-and house hacking small apartments.

The management company indicated that 35% was a good rule of thumb for expenses but that seems way too low after reading many posts about the 50% rule.Financing - a 10% downpayment on an FHA loan, with 4.75% interest, and $268 of PMI each month for 132 payments.

Kevin Baldrige, President, Tricon American HomesIn this time of low unemployment how are you recruiting and keeping employees and contractors?"

Seems like solid airbnb markets with pretty low housing prices.

Master developers will likely low-ball you an offer if the demand is there.

Also unless everything is brand new, 5% is low for CapX, typically I budget 10% for CapX since they are inherently expensive items.

low credit and low rent to income? 

The home is in a rural setting and is heated primarily with a wood stove in the basement and electric baseboard.

For an investor with a strong W2 income who can repeatedly take advantage of low money down low interest rate conventional loans, house hacking (and then keeping them as rentals) makes a lot of sense.

The turn around ratio here is super low.