@Jessica Freese , Lucky you, this actually can be very beneficial for your taxes.1) If you husband makes less than roughly 100k,  the loss from rental can offset 25k of husbands' W-2 Income.2) Even if he makes more than 100k, Since you dont have a W-2 Job, with careful planning, you can qualify for RE professional status, that will help you use the entire loss from rentals against husbands' W-2 Income 3) You can convert some of your personal expenses into business expenses with the home office deductions, transportation expense ( mileage, depreciating computers, furniture, and other assets used for the rentals, and few more. 4) You can hire your kids and funnel money within the house if planned carefully. 

Another had an eviction over ten years ago and as a result now prioritizes rent, and another had an eviction due to a temporary situation and an unreasonable landlord (I know him; he actually gave her a good reference).I have properties in C-/D+ neighborhoods; Policies that allow me to work with tenants when they can't pay all the rent and still limit my losses keep my places full but I would rather wait for someone with a good solid work history and adequate income.

Also it limits the products that small local community banks were "famous" for being able to make.

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

But from what I've heard it seems that ground rent is largely limited to Maryland at this point and in particular Baltimore City (yay, another hoop for us to jump through).

I am an agent and have limited experience in Property Management.Some of her requests include the following (Tenant and LL verbally agreed already):Tenant will do all the cleaning and cover the costs before move-inTenant may make home improvements upon LL final approval and city permits3 Month Security DepositI did some digging on BiggerPockets. 

They told me because of my DTI and because I took a loss on the business end. 

Obviously like you stated, taxes and VA limits will be different for different states and countieswithin those states so looking at what you can afford to live within your means in case of vacancies is a big factor. 

Doing so limits a little bit of risk with dealing with market cycles of students and opens up the property for more potential renters.      

(a) “Common Area Operating Expenses” are defined, for purposes of this Lease, as all costs incurred by Lessor relating to the ownership and operation of the Project, including, but not limited to, the following:(i) The operation, repair and maintenance, in neat, clean, good order and condition of the following:(aa) The Common Areas and Common Area improvements, including parking areas, loading and unloading areas, trash areas, roadways, parkways, walkways, driveways, landscaped areas, bumpers, irrigation systems, Common Area lighting facilities, fences and gates, elevators, roofs, and roof drainage systems.