If you see someone violating the rules, create a post with "@moderators" and we will receive a notification and respond.Again, welcome to BiggerPockets and happy investing!

The best way to do it if you dont have a network, is to find the deal, then post what you have to a group on facebook or seek out PML, etc.

From your post you said that there is more than one unit on the third floor, correct?

Moving your mom in might help with the FHA question, though FHA for multi-family typically requires you as the owner-occupant to live in the property.Keep me posted would love to hear how everything turns out!

If this Cap is allowed to expire, I would think that there will be a rush to take advantage of it.That should increase demand for higher priced Homes because the Standard Deduction gets reduced significantly AND you can go way above the Standard Deduction by Itemizing the SALT Deductions.If your comps are Single Family Homes and/or small Multi-Family that can convert to an Owner Occupied (think BRRRR here), it is well should rise in value as the Federal Tax deduction lowers the monthly payments for every homeowner with a large Mortgage that also pays State and Local Taxes. too funny I had not thought of the Salt deductions in years and today it popped into my mind then you post this.. very true for high priced markets this will be a huge bene

This may warrant a separate post but we found it strange that the initial service call to diagnose the microwave issues (~$90) was in late August, but they didn’t order the microwave until late September (~$670).

***as true numbers come in will update post****This will be my first rehab all time!!

So I contacted an attorney who said we can do a quiet title but since there are so many people geographically displaced I'd have to post about it in the national newspaper and all in all the cost would be roughly $40,000 just to get marketable title.

Have you "run the numbers" more than you shared in your post?

My plan is to buy and hold.I have read on other posts about this problem and some are able to use things like hydrojet or root killer flush with copper sulfate to hold off needing any repairs.