They already exist edit - 3d printed houses are fantastic innovation and quite useful to low/no income or temporary housing and other uses.

PMI is temporary, fixed interest rate is for the life off the loan....

@Carloz Gil, depending on where you are with the balances you carry, most times requesting an increase in credit limit will increase your credit score by decreasing your total utilization.  

I tend to agree that we'll have a few more good years although I do think raising interest rates will cause an increase in cap rates and a correlated decrease in value.

There is one new multifamily complex (The Nolen) that I know of that is still in lease-up, but I'm wondering if anyone has any insights or opinions on what they think the local area is like: are people moving in to downtown Clearwater area, companies moving in or out/number of jobs increasing or decreasing, etc.Any insight would be tremendously helpful.Ben

Housing inventory decreased 0.2 months from March 2017 to 2.2 months.

Often it will be temporary, but temporary is relative and may be longer than you want.

I'm really curious how others relying on this strategy hedge their bets to decrease their exposure.

The settlement is roughly 50% for loss in the property's value, 30% for a temporary easement (I've been told this could be considered rental income for tax purposes), and 20% in damages.This is far from tax advice but I want to share what I've learned so far. 

Depreciation decreases your basis.