(relinquished property has mortgage of 200k, so need mortgage of 200k+ for acquired property?

Mortgage rates at 7% 2. 25% down3. 10% of current rents budgeted for capex, monthly repairs and maintenance and property management fees. 

If your parents do not have experience and you are eager to learn, you should come up with a strategy with your parents so that you can start managing the existing portfolio and finding a way to grow it.First and foremost I would maximize the property as much as possible now.How well is it maintained - any deferred maintenance? 

They simply skip over/ignore concepts like vulnerable persons, equity skimming, equity stripping, bank fraud, wire fraud, mortgage fraud, escrow and closing, etc  It's now the "thing" to do.What could go wrong?

We made some big changes coming to Movement Mortgage early this year and we are incredibly grateful to be thriving and loving it here at Movement.

Great cell reception.  3 miles away from our existing plantation and house.  

Builders can give you some sense of cost and project scope and local officials can let you know if any grants exist for affordable housing, re-zoning efforts, etc.

The Fed rate cuts will eventually help bring down mortgage rates.

Many of my customers who are traveling nurses buy condos or townhomes in Florida as vacation homes, then rent them out when they're not in town.This system has proven to be very lucrative, as it allows them to service the mortgage debt and generate a good cash flow.

But if they wanted less control in investments---go the route of equities, fixed income like tbills or CDs, mortgage notes syndicators, REITs, possibly RE syndicators but do your diligence especially now, and even crypto cause that's an investment with little control.