If they are already factoring the expenses in before sending your income over, then it is done and done.In that sense from a tax perspective there is no difference in...Revenue - $2000Expenses - $400Income - $2000 - $400 = $1600OrIncome = $1600They're effectively the same. 

You need a lender that doesn't factor your DTI/ DSCR into the lending equation.

Another thing that could be a factor is homestead exemption / owner occupied tax discounts.

I know I would want to factor this into my cashflow and property analysis.

Then do the same financial analysis on the keep and hold identifying gross rent less ALL expenses including vacancy factor, property management, capital expenses, etc.

Fishy smells can be caused by faulty or exposed wires.

The videos you see van sometime be inspiring, but they also fail in regards to teaching newbies how to invest because while there may be a number of important factors that are discussed in videos and books there are thousands of important factors that are purposely ignored.

Sounds like your convenience factor is higher than most, so a decent portfolio sale is probably the way to go.

The location and size of the project are the biggest determining factors for us.Happy to connect and help, feel free to reach out!

If she hadn't been such a PITA I would have given her the stove, but she's the kind that would have taken the stove (it still worked but all the wiring was severely dry-rotted and exposed wires were everywhere), put it in her house, had a fire, then asked me to cover the damage.