So yeah, it's an action of weeding out the 199 "bad apples" to find the 1, ONE legitimate person/family. 

I might have the wrong company, but it was in the local Twin Cities news.

What you want to avoid is expensive upgrades that don't add value to the home, like 18K for fencing.The good news is the appraisal will be done based on the building plans and the value will be subject to the completion of the home.

One thing is for sure certain Ghosting lenders/ investors is about the worse thing you can do as a sponsor even if your communications are bad news..

Frustratingly, those projections are released at the exact same moment as the Fed's rate decision and there's every chance that September's installment will cause some volatility in the bond market.For instance, if the Fed's projections are surprisingly friendly, mortgage rates could fall sharply on Fed Day and many uninformed onlookers will falsely conclude that the Fed rate cut was the thing that did the trick.One caveat to all of the above is that these conclusions are only as good as the market's understanding of the Fed's probable course of action.

Dan, you might want to check out the Short Term Rental forum here on Bigger Pockets too.Also, in the past week, there is some disturbing news from the city council in OC. 

The purpose of my "read books" comment was to illustrate that I understand the risk associated with this and that I am responsible for my own actions.

Great news for you and your husband. 

Any information would be greatly appreciated as Im not sure exactly what would be the best course of action.

I'm more interested in action.