To All, By paying off 2 mortgages worth around $220K, wouldn't I be increasing my home equity and also helping to reduce my debt to income ratio i.e. a factor very critical for getting future mortgages for future rental investments?

Do you expect your family’s income to never increase and them to always need you to give them discounts?

If you plan to increase your portfolio of properties you may want to have a PM Service the property for you.  

I'll defer to our lending gurus to better fill you in on that end of things, but certainly you should look for ones that are in the path of progress, have additional revenue sources (think storage, laundry etc), or potential therefor and/or have scope to add a bedroom or another unit to increase the income.

I'm sure the novelty of living in a tiny house, and the newness of it will increase price, but that's at least where I'd start. 

Hi, First of all i would like to say hello to all BP users and thank you for giving me this platform to increase all aspects of my knowledge with people who have been there and done it.I am Rebecca, 26 from Ireland.

However, inventory remains incredibly tight, with only 1.7 months of inventory in Austin and 2.4 months in the greater Austin area (a balanced market is 6.5 months).Steve Crorey, 2018 president of the Austin Board of REALTORS®, said, "In the Austin-Round Rock MSA, price classes across the board are seeing an increase in demand with a decrease in inventory. 

If they want no personal guarantee or limited then waiting 7 years for a rental increase is a non-starter.

Originally posted by Account Closed:I heard a podcast today where a guy fixed the 💧  pipes issues and value increased the property,s value big league. 

Think about a few things when considering investing in upcoming cities 1) Current or future infrastructure projects 2) population shifts over the past 3-5 years and projected population increase/decreases 3) research the area on municipal websites, blogs etc see what people are saying about the area and what local governments plans are.