What I mean by this is considering how much your down payment returns to your net worth (appreciation, loan paydown, tax benefits, AND rent avoidance).

I already made 12 payments last year8.

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If you're buying a $550,000 home, at today's rates, your monthly payment is like $3500 or so.

The general rule of thumb, called the 50% Rule, is that non-mortgage expenses will cost you around 50% of the rent.

I have another non-real estate business.

Find out how much down payment you want to put in to the project.1. 

We were thinking about taking a loan from that to put a down payment on investment real estate, but he said that he thought he wasn't eligible because he was no longer technically employed.

Chances are you need full rent from all 4 units and good down payment maybe 30-40% to make them break even or cash flow if we can find them. 

hi from the date you got notice that a payment was proceed how long after did you get your payment?