This is one of the main reasons that HUD deals fail to close.  

Depending on the lender and program your biggest hurdles might be credit score and income and time in job. 

The good places to start investing at the moment are places within a 10 min drive from main urban centers, and which have different types of residents (not just tourism, not just workers, etc).Feel free to reach out in case we may be of assistance.

If its a log cabin it might have trouble qualifying for the refi - would be smart to get some opinions early if that is your gameplan - would likely be a bigger potential hurdle than the gift/original purchase process

IBKR is my other one, and my "main" for any active trading.

Each year we've gotten better, and 2024 was a great for us with our main focus being the client experience. 

I love house-hacking for Tampa Bay for a few main reasons: 1) great long-term outlook on appreciation; fundamentally strong market and growth projections, 2) diverse opportunities of house-hacks from luxury house hacks, cheap house hacks, room by room, STR, MTR, etc. 

I don't buy from assignors for two main reasons...liability and fictitious numbers. 

The lender I mainly use now does 70% PP but the rehab draws are very easy, wired within a couple days of your request.

The main data to watch is some stuff you're already watching, but probably some others you are not.