Based on deals I have done, capital gains comes into play and is typically 15% but that also depends on your income and if you had any losses.

All it says is that, on average and across lots of units, long term, about 50% of gross income will be used to pay for expenses, rent loss and capital costs.Whether you will be able to find good deals in your market is completely independent of the 50% Rule."

Light weight.

Jason,I think its a nice idea to think about the tenant because turnover cost and rent loss can eat you up if the PM isn't doing his job.

That's a big paper loss, but does not mean that the loan will be called due.  

So there is a 1600/mo loss in income.

In insurance terms, this is called "mitigating the loss."

I just became aware of a situation where a family friend and her mother have offered to short sale their home with no regard to loss of their initial $20K down payment and damage on their credit due to the fact that they're up in age (one is over 100 years old) and they see no other recourse.How can I advise them of a different strategy to resist the temptation to give away what is essentially a really nice home that needs minimal TLC in the Oviedo FL area?

My custodian told me that if that's the case,  get insurance in my name and list the IRA custodian as a loss payee. 

If a PM has to call a licensed contractor for every drippy faucet and paint repair the landlord will be hurting in no time.Have had terrible experiences and significant financial losses due to  PM misdeeds.