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If someone does work NEVER ever include it as equity, pay fair market price to them and if they want to invest it in business go ahead.9.

I am not desperate to rush marriage or have a child to get BAH.

Many nuances are ahead of us such as a potential LLC, real estate professional status, cost segregation, etc.

There's still a lot of year left so we don't need to rush into anything too quickly.

Also, I would run the #s ahead of time (treat it as if you will move out in a year or 2) and see if it cash flows once you buy the next one (and depending where it is... it could potentially be a long-term, short-term, mid-term... pay attention to HOA rules if they exist when determining asset class). 

To me it seems that you are ahead of the game, what would you increase it by if you did?

I eventually want to build a real estate portfolio (renting out properties to build wealth) and have read a lot about mistakes of people rushing into it.

Really just more curious than anything, as to how many bookings are last minute (week of) vs a month+ ahead of time?

For me, I make up my grocery list ahead of time and then stick to it when I'm at the supermarket.