Once you have a substantial sample size, itemize them on a Google sheet form and compare the Price, Price per square foot, Lot size, price per bedroom, etc.

HOA's take a substantial amount of control away from the owner and the monthly dues will always have a negative impact on your cash-flow.

Investing in real estate is a significant commitment that  can yield substantial returns.

The main block I have with multi family (which is the route I had intentionally intended on going ) is that because I already own a single family, I would need to come up with a substantial down payment and multi families around my area are 800k +.

Besides, prices have already increased substantially there.As to Selva Norte Tulum, I haven't heard anything about the company behind the development.

You can find super affordable homes here below the median home price that beat average rent in these areas.2) If you factor in principal paydown, aka the amount of each monthly mortgage payment that goes back to you in the form of equity, AND the opportunity for appreciation, as Raleigh is expected to grow substantially over the next few years thanks to big corporations and swarms of people moving into the area.... you'll find that the math works our quite favorably for owning a home versus renting.3) When you factor in rate incentives with new construction homes in these areas may be even cheaper.

I could be wrong, I honestly think this is such a systemic change that it’s hard to predict the ripples, but I find it extraordinary hard to believe this doesn’t lead to a substantial reduction in commissions, I’m literally taking with a client in an hour, I like the guy, I suspect he may be a repeat customer and I’m not gonna take any chance I lose him over a few dollars, so I’ll negotiate with him, I suspect other agents will take the same approach, especially given the real risk buyers just walk and go unrepresented, whether that’s a good idea or not l, it will happen.

It doesn't provide any tax advantage.One good reason to have a property in an LLC is when it is set up properly and it's maintained properly and it's treated as a business and has substantial assets in it.

there are 3 material participation tests we need to pass at least one of them: substantially all work time spent on the property is your doing (including cleaning and repairs)100 hours and more then anyone else( this one I think applies to you) 500 hours (hard to substantiate for one property)Please note for the 100 hour and more then anyone else test you need to not only keep a time log for yourself but a time log of ALL people who have participated in the property.

We pay all the utilities and our PG&E heating costs have substantially increased but we did not pass that on to the renters.