They are looking at selling their house in Michigan where my mom has resided the last 2+ years.

Which the house was condemned and was easy to demo to ground level and build back which would have know mortgage and allow us to save for two more properties cash.

Can you buy a house in an "Opportunity zone", rent it short term for the rest of the year.

I wonder how long the house-hacking trends holds out?

The houses are in my name, for now anyway.

The inspector told me there is a new smoke detector requirement for Section 8 homes coming January 1:https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7981...https://www.us-hc.com/blogs/new-smoke-detector-requirement-f...Has anyone heard of this? 

i have plans at the city that are 2-3 weeks from approval. i'm a licensed GC and the house is going to be a 3/2 1100 sqft with comps in the 260's. for a construction id only need 100-110k, but the more i call banks the more im finding out that even 100-110k is "too small" of a loan.

Planning to purchase in Phx,Az and surrounding areas, my equifax score is 700, experian 645,no debt whatsoever, have 1099 for 2022 and 2023 (required 2yrs), on my 1099s it says i make 135k per year, do not have tax returns (yea, yea), im planning to first start with my bank wells fargo.This would be my first home and at 1st plan to live in it, possible house hack, going for a -$300k loan. should i go traditional, fha , i plan to be on a fixed rate so I dont get surprises later on.In my situation, what down payment amount do you think will be needed .

I would be focused on saving your house and your credit..

I was going to split the lot and build two houses on it but Covid hit and I got into other things.