Bush-5%Republican2012Obama14%Democrat2016Obama16%Democrat2020Trump6%Republican2024Biden12%Democrat​Historical data reveals no correlation between the presidential party in office and housing price growth or stock market performance.The stock market is driven by emotions in the short term and by corporate performance in the long term.

If that's your plan, I'd just say let the numbers influence the purchase more than emotions. 

What do you use for your remote security setup?

Our realtor wants us to accept an amount equal to the estimates.For anyone who wants the details on the issues: 1) Deck is not securely attached to the house and the stairs are leaning.

Create LLC have dad lend money to LLC, use this loan as down payment on larger property(s) as your dad’s loan is NOT secured by real estate but by the LLC.3.

If you listen to the end of Powell's speech yesterday the most important part was rarely commented on by the media which is when he said, We will continue reducing the balance sheet. translation, They are continuing to let Mortage backed securities and US Treasuries roll off without renewed purchases.

And of course, most homes have HOA's (homeowners associations) that can be $20-$250/month to pay for community maintenance, sometimes lawn care, cable/internet, amenity upkeep, pool, security etc. 

Consider all the things that could go wrong and see if the lease addresses them: unauthorized pets or tenants, early termination, security deposit, lease violations, late rent, eviction, lawn maintenance, parking, etc.5.

However, you can't apply any of these restrictions for assistance animals like a guide dog or an emotional support animal. 

I knew there were others out there going through the same thing :) I agree- we've been able to work with investor-friendly lenders to secure conventional loans that allow us to buy properties and honestly, i've never really leveraged credit cards for RE or RE related purchases so this was slightly new territory for me.