Longer Tenure in HomesData from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows people are staying in their homes for a decade (see graph below):This increased tenure means homeowners benefit even more from home values growing over time.

Partnering with investors to share profits is another avenue to increase capital.

If they are CF positive then they will not cohnt against your DTI but will improve it...that's standard conventional guidelines barring a few exceptions.

So spending 200k on an ADU will likely not increase your property value by 200k. 

It’s just going to slowing increase with inflation.  

At annual rent increases, I do scour Zillow for market rents in the area, which I share with my tenants.

I've added a few things for very minimal cost that guests really love and increased revenue ~34% year over year.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

any advice on paying mortgage off or faster With a standard mortgage, your monthly payment will remain the same for the life of the loan.

The increased risk is generated by the fact that the owners are relying on the validity of the tenancy in common Agreement for their usage rights, and it is possible to imagine legal circumstances under which this validity might be undermined.- If the subdivider or someone with relationship to subdivider sells, a public report must be done.