Having a little brain freeze.I feel like it’s not “fair” to the property if I don’t use 4 (charge myself rent) because it doesn’t give a good idea of what the property will produce after I move out in a year....

The value of the building is tied to the income it produces.

Potentially sounds like long term renting would not produce great tenants and vacationers may not want to be next door to people who live there but going to keep doing my research.

I am absolutely enthralled with the podcasts that were produced by Bigger Pockets, they are awesome!

They keep moving it.  ..Title Creating Chapter 193 of the Legislative Code (Title XIX) pertaining to Tenant Protections...BodySection 1WHEREAS, under City Council RES 89-1273, the Council directed the creation of a fair housing workgroup to make policy and budget recommendations “with the goal of eliminating housing disparities, lowering barriers to affordable housing, and ensuring access to economic opportunity in the City of Saint Paul”; andWHEREAS, under City Council RES 17-2064, the Council directed the development of a fair housing strategic plan “to continue to research and work with housing partners on strategies to further Fair Housing goals such as...improved tenant protections, Tenant Remedies Actions, Advance Notice of Sale policy, gentrification studies, just cause eviction, non-discrimination policies, and others”; andWHEREAS, under City RES 18-1204, the City Council acknowledged that “the housing crisis in our city and region, and the urgent need to address the crisis as our population grows,”; and WHEREAS, in 2019 the City created the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, with five objectives: to meet the needs of those with the lowest incomes by increasing supply; to invest in low and moderate income residents by investing in existing supply; to explore innovative approaches to meeting housing needs; to build wealth for residents and communities; and to promote fair access to housing for us all; and .WHEREAS, in 2019, the Office of Financial Empowerment, which housed the Fair Housing Coordinator Position, was created and subsequently developed the framework for a citywide fair housing strategy identifying decreasing housing displacement, increasing housing access and affirmatively furthering fair housing as the overall objectives; and WHEREAS, Tenant Protections is one of four focus areas including education and engagement, enforcement and compliance, and preservation and production, to address strategy objectives based on the current housing landscape; andWHEREAS, stagnant wages, skyrocketing rents, a lack of affordable housing, and a consistently low housing vacancy rate are making it harder for Saint Paul residents to find housing and to afford it over time; and WHEREAS, the number of renters has increased by 12 percent from 2000-2016 and the City of Saint Paul has now become a renter-majority city, with 51% (57,621) of City residents being renters; and WHEREAS, renters are disproportionately people of color and are disproportionately representative of individuals from low wealth backgrounds; andWHEREAS, demographically 83% of African-American households are renting, compared to 41% of White households; and WHEREAS, more than half of our renter households earn 60 percent or less of the Area Median Income, and more than half of our renter households of color earn 30 percent or less of the Area Median Income; andWHEREAS, in St.

Last option is to just move on to the next deal if you cannot produce a valid POF

I would like to acquire more properties to produce cash flow for retirement.

And I tried to be as comprehensive in my modeling as possible, including purchase and sale closing costs, the value of tax deductions, management costs, etc.I know this community is dedicated to investing in real estate specifically, but it's still an investment, and every investment is measured by the profit it can produce and must compete with other options.What am I not understanding or missing here?

Cash flow is the difference between the rental income of an investment property and its expenses... it’s not all the income a property produces.   

@Xela Batchelder  There are a lot of different FICO score versions in use, and each one can produce a different score.