I'm a beginner investor and have been looking at Altanta market since mid 2012 and tried to close a deal Mar '13 and it fell through because the appraised value compared to comps was too low.

I am enjoying Nova Scotia due to affordable prices, appreciation in Halifax and landlord friendly province. 

Obviously last year was a down year for just about everyone, and most did not realize it until Mar/Apr. 

@Jacob Pereira, @Vikram Jayaram - Yes,especially the price point at which one can enter into SFR investing in Austin.Also have friends local to Austin and from west coast investing there and have seen tremendous growth in potential over there.And my own numbers were working out to be quite decent.Besides,I already own a few rentals here in NoVA,so kind of diversifying so to speak.Homes here have become expensive with metro's extension to Reston/Ashburn and Amazon announcing their HQ2.I would have to admit though that I am lacking network/guidance on multifamily investing in the DC surrounds.

However, if a civilian with no VA entitlement assumes a VA loan, the seller does not get their entitlement back.

a few federal laws to research on Chat GPT: (there are also state and local)Truth in Lending Act (TILA):Fair Housing Act (FHA):Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA):Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA):Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA):Homeowners Protection Act (HPA); Mortgage Assistance Relief Services (MARS) Rule; California Residential Mortgage Lending Act since you are in CA plus whatever state the property sits in; Ability-to-Repay/Qualified Mortgage (ATR/QM) Rule;TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) RuleFed Flood Insurance RulesMortgage Servicing Rules there's about 300Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act (HOEPA) and all The HIGH COST loan rulesIRS and 1099's...Don't quote me.

I would suggest reading a bunch in the forums for a different investment area or consider a house hack in NoVA, or moving your sites farther south. 

Fannir mär Use to have restrictions that preiender resale of a property in less than 90 days.  

@Mars Dauer I will reach out. 

@Ty Mar Awesome!