I'm fairly confident from reading online we don't qualify for an exemption, but I'm trying to assess actual closing costs to trying and reduce them All details:Bought the house 2.5 years ago for $980K (left on mortgage $753K), we have a clause for an assumable mortgage for me to take over (I can keep same rate).

I don't agree with this exact order but to be honest and fair, there is more than one way to do it right.

I accept them and mitigate the risk by (a) screening the animals, (b) having a solid set of rules that are quickly and fairly enforced, (c) regular inspections, especially for cat units, and (d) charging a monthly pet fee.Let's say I have five single-family homes.

So some grey area on what you may find reasonable and what perhaps some hopeful tenants find reasonable and be sure to not violate any fair housing law in setting occupancy standards, but I generally think most renters are reasonable on if 3 adults, they are looking for a 2 or 3 bed rental and not a studio.

However, as a matter of practice, its better to have fresh leases/rental agreements signed fairly often.

Hello,A job relocation to San Francisco CA early this year is making me ponder if I should be selling my owner occupied duplex in Jersey City and buy something in Berkeley CA due to its proximity to San Francisco and has some fairly decent schools  for my kids and also UC Berkeley .The low  2.5% interest rate on the Jersey City property turned into a golden chain but I think I am done with managing tenants and property and would like to get more into an Equity play.

I have been with Fundrise since late 2017 but all Real Estate equity (~75%) and debt (~25%) with a fairly small investment that, according to their calculations, has returned gross ~7.5%pa (growth + dividends) over that 7 year period.So the above is not bad based on general risky asset long term annual returns, but the S&P 500 has returned (growth+ dividends reinvested) ~14.3% pa over that same period (source: using https://ofdollarsanddata.com/sp500-calculator/).

You will find many resource here that are more than willing to help you out with just about anything.I am a broker on the lending side of things and have a fairly solid presence in TX. 

Do you know if there is a lot of red tape which makes it difficult or is it fairly easy if you meet requirements and lender knows what to do? 

Hey everyone,Fairly new to real estate investing and I was wondering, what ways have you found the most successful in finding off market deals?