Picking numbers out of the air for expenses and looking to hit a certain goal isnt any different than making up a rent number to inflate the income on the other side of the equation.

Rents are on the rise though - my girlfriend lists rentals for a lot of my investors and she gets blown up with showing time requests and typically has a few applications in less than 48 hours.

For this schedule, I did not account for inflation.

If the latter the properties might be TIC **or** might be general partnerships if their activity rises above that of TIC and an operating/partnership agreement exists. 

I felt my blood pressure rise when she said that. 

Prices rise you miss out on the appreciation but your basis is reduced by taking in the option fee?)

I wouldn't consider 2.57% high interest especially with inflation close to 2% past two years.

There are different levels of engineers to use based on asset (ie single family vs a 20 story high rise).

With the rising occupancy in PCB in low season it did not make sense any more to rent out my condos on a low monthly rate. 

If you are in a rising market, then it will likely be really hard to save faster than the pace of appreciation.