If the covenant specifically prohibits renting out rooms or STRs, you may be restricted from doing so.You should carefully review the covenants tied to your property to understand the specific restrictions.

Its my understanding that SF has pretty tight Air BNB restrictions like you have to register and can only rent them a certain number of days a year?

It all depends on location of course. 1 good thing I have going, there is no restrictions there.

I also advocate using the 95% LTV versus the more restrictive 96.5% FHA LTV.

Many of them have restrictions that you must owner-occupy the property for a minimum number of years - or you'll have to pay it back with interest.Also, the standard mortgage requires you to owner-occupy a property for a minimum of 12 months before renting it out.

That said, complying with local ordinances and ensuring the lot isn’t in a restricted area will be key.

So we restricted local landlords who rent to families, and soon the town will experience the very real repercussion of no one wanting to rent to families and professionals.

Make sure you understand the auction process and are prepared for any unseen issues with the property.Auction Considerations: With auctions, pay close attention to the condition of the property, title issues, and financing restrictions.

Update, confirmed with the city and it is legitimate if the property is in the name of the LLC, and the LLC is grandfathered in before restrictions were put into place.

Any other major syndication site has restricted sold data so it will be incomplete.