If they choose to enforce it and someone argues I was only selling a contract, but they advertised the property it will likely not fare well for them to fight the law makers who enacted this law.There are ways around this.

A lot of people choose the more suburban / less dense areas in Ewing or Hamilton when they can find a place that works for them.

I would say most people who enter the workforce and are lucky enough to be offered some type of retirement package (401K or pension) have no idea how to choose from the many options they are given.

ya maybe being able to choose your own tenant and disregard discrimination laws for race religion sex disability because you owner occ one of the units.. falls under something different but it is federal law.. unless prohibited by state county or city.. the owner of a 1 to 4 unit who lives in one of the units does not have to follow the selection rules..

Personally, I'd pick a tenant friendly state and choose states that don't have barriers to entry (insurance, financing, weather, etc).

If you choose to use them let me know how it goes.

The beauty here is you don't have to necessarily choose which strategy you are embarking on for the first process of these strategies (buying a property in need of rehab and doing the renovations) - the best investors typically will have multiple exit strategies and can make unemotional decisions once the property is completed whichever way the numbers point to (flipping or keeping and renting/refinancing i.e.

If you choose to spend them in paying down the loan, that is up to you. 

Let a future buyer deal with the mini split an electrical panel upgrade if they choose too.   

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