Its intended to avoid fraud associated with improperly flipped houses where the value on the resale is artificially inflated in order to defraud the lender.

In a normal market a foreclosure is not considered a normal sale between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer because it will artificially skew the numbers.This is not a normal market.

The last 7 years were a real estate market that was pretty screwed up and artificial.

The payoff comes when you artificially raise the market and sell it off.

we are in the Southern California área and thinking in putting either artificial turf or natural sod grass( the one is already grown) in the frontyard , it’s arpund 312 sf and estimates are like 440 dlls natural sod grass and 3400 dlls artificial turf with 0% financing options ( about 258 dlls monthly payments for a year)... some advise based on your experience(how about children’s, pets , maintenance, water bills, heat etc) and info you would know also... thanks blessings!!

If you’re familiar with SF apts it’s a prime example of what happens when you get rent control - crappy buildings/obsolete units and insane market rents that are artificially inflated by rent control.The thing to watch out for if you own commercial deals (5+ unit apts too), is on the 2020 ballot they’re going to have a vote to separate prop 13 so commercial deals are no longer protected.

Always fascinating what happens when you artificially control supply and demand, it leaks out somewhere because people will always find a way to optimize their situation, whether the landlord or the tenant, as you point out.

Anyone else who ask you pre-pay is likely fooling you.Another advice is never hurry into any deal due to some artificial deadline - such as lease is up. 

The legal costs of starting information services aren't trivial, and being an advisor is far thornier, and may even require licensing.As for machine learning, artificial intelligence and APIs, note that they do not fix GIGO (garbage in, garbage out).

I get it that it sucks from a tenant's point of view when a disaster or other issue inflates the market price - but unless you're going to have artificial price floors, you cannot have artificial price ceilings.