@Loid Danga I agree with everyone that the easiest and fastest way is to house hack although the partnership might have enabled you to do this faster too since you might be able to raise more cash.

If you guessed "zero" and "never" - I suggest you guess again.Besides a promise to raise tax rates, Biden's initial tax plan includes other proposals to revise the current retirement savings system.

Raise your minimum requirements too.

Plus, if we raised daily rental rates by that amount to offset - You would lose another 20%, because we base our commission on daily rental rate (which doesn't include cleaning).

Seeing any property in the Fxbg area sell for just $159k made me raise an eyebrow- figures that it was off-market. 

I was born and raised in Lockhart, but I just started investing there.

If there is a lease, you have to honor those terms until expiration - so you would not be able to raise the rent until that time. 

I was born and raised in Waimea HI and currently active duty and my contract is coming to an end.

I know California is a tenant-friendly state so have question about rents and raising rents on tenants.

Add a deposit for her, as liability for you have changed.I would not raise the rent, but she needs some skin in the game if she is to be on the lease.