Dollar figure vs a percentage of expenses before and after.3.

Points, percentage, both, please advise.

If it's occupied they will usually use a percentage of that rent to add to your income thus making it easier to purchase that property.As far as the home you are purchasing, you would be able to use the rent from the additional bedrooms, but only if they were added on your tax returns and you had signed leases with the tenants.Good luck!

You will be able to refinance for some percentage of the $100K - most people assume 75% for a basic BRRRR calculation. 

Eviction is a small percentage of all tenant interactions. 

I'd rather just hire a manager who I thoroughly vet and who I know screen's well do everything.And I know a lot of managers charge a percentage of one month's rent for leasing a unit but I think having a flat fee that is a percentage of the rent is more conducive because then your interest and the PM's interests are aligned with getting paid - you both earn when the tenant pays rent. 

Family complicates things: there would be issues with who owns what percentage of interest, what to do if one of them wants to cash out totally before the others, what would happen to their interest if someone passes away, etc.Third, what is the current market value of the house.  

Erik, if I can ask you one more question: knowing this condo is partially for personal use (say 40% of the time), would that change your calculus on down payment percentage?

@Carlos Guzman the percentage tax depends on the amount of income.

I can tell you from experience, a large percentage of my clients are in Cali and they rarely ever come over here hjust to look at their