Oh, I didn't say shut down the MLS, just shutdown the free public data feed.

Old thread, but I'll add my two cents....If you're an investor or savvy home buyer without a buyers agent of your own and trying to make sure the sellers agent presents your written offer, first use county/public records to find out who owns the property.  

Code § 10139Any person acting as a real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or mortgage loan originator without a license or license endorsement, or who advertises using words indicating that he or she is a real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or mortgage loan originator without being so licensed or without having obtained a license endorsement, shall be guilty of a public offense punishable by a fine not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six months, or by both fine and imprisonment…

Let’s assume the 4 bedrooms are 25% of the square footage of your home.Let’s say you make $80,000/year and you are in the 22% tax bracket.This will reduce the amount you have to pay on taxes over five years by: (Mortgage interest) x (tax bracket) x (the percentage of home used as rental) = $137,497 * 0.22 * 0.25 = $30,249.34 in tax savings.https://www.irs.gov/publications/p936https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/can-i-deduct-my-mortgage-related-expenses

We check public records BEFORE calling landlords, so we can trip up fraudsters!

Guild is also one of the most expensive lenders out there, they are a big behmoth with private and public shareholders to please, so costs are much higher to drive profit for them.I am a local house hacker/investor and lender for WA State, and would be glad to help you with this @Chelsae Roach!

Hi everyone, I have been stalking the BP forums for several years now, both under this profile and an old one I had. Thought it would be nice to start participating in the forums and connecting wih others, so here we go!

When an investor is knowledgeable there is hardly anything to fear, and it would help if correct facts were placed in public view!

It's all available public information.He is pushing buying properties for full asking price and using gap lending "gator lenders", (unsophisticator investors), to lend the money for the deal to close. 

When the public momentum comes your direction, it may experience a honeymoon high but it's artificial.