Focus on high-impact areas like the kitchen and bathrooms, as these often add the most value to a home.

Depending how much of the neighborhood is a hot zone for renting rather buying, and which Property type is performing better than the other (meaning 1bd 1ba 2 floor renting out faster and much more consistently than a 2bd 1ba 1 floor), you can make your choice of those factors as well as other ones that impact your decision for what you wanna do with your investment.

Two flats are essentially just houses.... they trade like houses and there is a lot of emotion involved.

FL can't do a dang thing to stop a hurricane, but they at least try to put in place mitigation items to lesson impact. 

It’s not every day that accusations of rent manipulation make headlines, and I wanted to understand how this impacts the millions of Americans struggling with housing costs.

My problem is how to measure if it has any impact on sales price or time on market. 

Beyond immediate safety concerns, the long-term financial implications, including taxes, are a pressing issue for those impacted by the disaster.

If it does sooner than later, or really at any point, it means destruction in the economy and if you were waiting you are probably impacted by this destruction.Rates moderate and season here for some time with opex being a persistent headwind.

For added liability protection, consider setting up an LLC for the rental, though this may have limited impact if the mortgage is in your name.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

my condolences on your recent lost.there are a few ways you can do this, as mentioned above you can take a heloc on your primary residence which will give you a second mortgage, first mortgage payment wont be impacted. you can do cash out refinance which will give you one mortgage and payment. it will pay the old mortgage and give you money in your pocket to pay for the rehab.or you can do a renovation refinance which is similar to cash out refinance but we would contractor involved  as part of the refinancing and they are paid through the loan