I understand the rent increase limits with Oakland rent control, but what are the issues with moving tenants out?   

That lowers your cash invested and will increase your cash on cash return.

This is to increase their down payment and thus, increase their chances of being accepted.You'd be better off to wait, find a good buyer with a good down payment than to stick someone in there that's a glorified tenant (low down payment)Hope that helps,Chris Pre

Similarly, I suspect Amazon wanting to enter the mortgage business isn't about the potential profits, rather they want to capture the vast amounts of data that a loan application produces, which will ultimately strengthen their understanding of their customers and lead to an increase in overall profitability.

Deducting those fees will go away in 2018 with tax reform so I'd argue there is possibility for tax savings especially with the increasing number of properties.Hopefully this helps someone track more expenses that they ordinarily would have eaten as a personal expense.

It seems that having to pay interest on the down payment is a bad idea, but if the increased cash flow allows for it, maybe it could work?

We may consider turning 1-2 units into short-term rental properties so that we have increased income from those but stable income from the others.I'm just wondering if I am missing anything with the numbers.

In CA it will make increasing sense as it is mandatory for all new construction under three stories to be equipped with solar systems starting Jan 2020.

My wife and I have been considering that it is time to increase the rent - yet want to maintain them as tenants.My question, is there a spreadsheet available that would help me determine rental increases?

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