When tenants give you security deposit, you will deposit it I.

I charge $500 security deposit though I have pretty nice places 

If you have clear answers to these questions, then find properties that match your answers, and move forward on the best one.

Most of our amortizations are between 15-25 years based on the age of the property and condition and we'll usually match the loan term to the amortization up to 20 years.

Well, it could increase it because you're collecting more rent, it could decrease it because you have more expenses and/or more paper loss (i.e. depreciation), or it could all come out in a wash if your increases in rent approximately match your new deductions.Let's say for 2020 you have $100,000 in profits that would be taxed at whatever your tax rate is. 

I just closed on my first rei yesterday. Originally I was gonna have a mortgage up front but decided to barrow money from a family member to purchase the property with the plans to fix it up some and cash out refi in ...

I been renting the same house for 5 yrs, I paid 2x amount of rent for deposit.

The prospective tenant has offered a pet deposit (it's illegal to require one in our jurisdiction).

The only meetups I saw posted on here didn't seem to match what I was looking for.

His realtor claimed his relatives were paying rent - but being the inexperienced fool that I was at the time I never asked for proof of deposits or leases.