Thats true Upen but its good to note that generally only the base or salary income can be used for qualification with out any waiting periods assuming the same industry.Using bonus/overtime/ auto reimbursement/commissions from a prior job will be hard to carry over unless it was a near identical position in the same industry like car sales man at chrysler to car sales man at a ford dealer or retail sales at AT&T to retail sales at Verizon Wireless.

I have my RE license and my brother is an HVAC contractor (which obviously is a huge bonus).  

I even offered to buy the study materials and give him a $1,000 bonus once it's done.

The bonus is that the laminate will not hide pet sins at move-out like the carpets will.

To me, the property has to be attractive even with management expenses accounted for, then if we self manage, it's more of a bonus that we use to speed things along.Personally, I'd pass unless I could get the seller to accept 100 or maybe 105 at the outside.Best of luck.

The house is 2 bedrooms + a bonus room (no closet in the 3rd room -- I'm thinking seriously of hiring a contractor to build in a closet but haven't decided yet; I don't think it would cost much but could help me get a higher price and the time to recoup the investment would hopefully be a year or less).

Thank goodness it is not one of those courses that cost $997 with fast action bonuses of $10356.17, fr.e.e 1 hour strategy session (worth $500) and 2 f.r.e.e ticket to 3-day boot camp!!!

I bounce around various banks that give sign-up bonuses.

@Neil Schlimgen I can answer this question will very precise information.With a "conforming, conventional" loan (loans governed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) they will require you to have 2 years of commission and bonus to use that income. 

I'll occasionally send her a little "bonus" out of the blue and of course a holiday bonus/gift.