Also curious how others navigate our short term rental laws (seems like many property owners are advertising for periods shorter than the 14 day minimum) Also curious if many owners are actually paying hotel taxes to the county or waiting for more clarity on the law

There are a lot of great things that come with renting two Section 8 tenants like an annual guarantee of income once you get a negotiated price on a contract with HUD but this does not negate the fact that there is good and bad to everything and whether that be a cash pay tenant or a Section 8 tenant, it's ALL about the way you do business, and whether or not you have experience to be able to recognize the way that certain things should or should not be handled so that you end up benefiting from the situation instead of losing. let's keep this thread going, if anyone else has any other insights please continue to post this is a great thread because there is a lot of general misconception about Section 8 HUD tenants, properties, and investors, it is certainly a niche market so to speak but if you know what you're doing it can be extremely lucrative.

They will work with the buyer to re-set the loan and terms because when they foreclose and bid the property in for their loan amount which they mostly do around here, they have to recognize the loss as a non performing loan which has a multiplier effect on their lending base.

You also cannot act as a broker or advertise/represent yourself as a broker, without a license.

This update is crucial to ensure lenders recognize the increased value of my property, especially since I have equity in the home and am looking to refinance at an opportune time.Is it necessary to hire a licensed general contractor for this type of project?

recently heard that this area has a community developed, called Pradera Oaks (CR51/CANNON RD, Bonney, TX 77583), developed by Wan Bridge, advertised as affordable and has a big rent market and has the potential to appreciation.

No one ever achieves the advertised NOI, unless it's an absolute NNN lease or what they call a ground lease. 

I appreciate your data, your consideration of all of the issues, your capacity to be self-reflective and recognize the imperfect choice of the far better plans and proposals, your professionalism with presenting your perspective and your willingness to share your point of view.

I agree, people also need to recognize that the cost to raise capital is not cheap - going through a company like this or a broker dealer route will cost you 6-10% of the capital they raise.

.* We do not advertise that we are in a 1031 on the front end.* We request as much due diligence material as possible in the beginning.* We get as close as possible to ironing/feeling out deal terms that would be agreeable to the seller in advance of submitting an offer, including site visits if they are located in the same market we are vs. out of state/market.All of the above data provides us with enough of an analysis to know what our deal parameters are going to be, at least to within a few percentage points.