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Can future rental income be applied to present debt-to-income ratio when applying for second mortgage?
They will include the rental income into the calculation. They don't give you a 100% credit for the income because they have to factor that you might have a gap between tenants.  Years ago they only credited me with 66% of the expected monthly income.  Example: This expense was then supposed to come from the 10% of my income that was allocated for monthly non-principal mortgage loans, e.g student loan, auto loan, credit card debt...