You can save but it'll take years and it's nearly impossible to get ahead of inflation by saving, so you get creative and rental arbitrage is just that.

Quote from @Jason Ghent: Hi everyone,For the FHA, what about the case where you live in the primary residence but just rent out the remaining rooms?

The borrower will be responsible for $3K at closing while the lender will fund the remaining $12K for the interest reserve.

Good contractors will inflate the bid to accommodate for all those unknowns, assuming they will be coming.  

But the bulk of my investment strategy is going to remain in stocks. 

For the 10 year period spanning November 2014-2024, single-family prices in Austin nearly doubled, yielding an annualized appreciation rate of ~9% in that period.With inflation nearing its 2% target and signs of a slowing labor market, The Federal Reserve recently made its third cut to the federal funds rate since the start of the COVID pandemic.

Real Estate Market Predictions for 2025Single-Family Homes: Prices will likely remain flat due to homeowners holding onto low-interest-rate loans, causing fewer properties to hit the market.

If a lot of guests are complaining about the value, I think there is a disconnection between your absolute property value (not the inflated market value) and how much guests think your price should be.  

My guess is that finding good staff in this industry remains hard to find.

Wednesday’s November CPI report gave us a peek at inflation, and it’s not terrible. Headline inflation ticked up from 2.6% to 2.7%, while core inflation—the one that ignores things like your weekly gas price mood swin...