That is what drives rents and prices, either with or without rent control ... the free market supply and demand is what drives things in the long haul one way or another, though regulations may distort the market in the short run.

That will teach you about the regulations but it won't teach you about being a good lender.  

With 20/20 hindsight regulators and plaintiff's attorneys paint targets on these individuals through rescission rights or other legal techniques-They train sponsors to source money through other active investors which inevitably leads to squabbling and a loss of control.  

Dodd Frank is nothing to play with and the lenders in our space recognize the importance of separation between covered loans and those that are not covered.Florida and Virginia are states where an entity is required to differentiate the loan from standard residential guidelines, regulations and laws.Stephanie

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Make sure that your property manager is a licensed Realtor or Broker, look them up on DBPR, the department of business & professional regulation.2.

Of the 7 rentals I have had fines for various violations of the rules/regulations for 5 of my units.   

I don't at all agree with the assessement that flipping or the fact that Memphis has a lot of turn key type companies is keeping folks from owning.prices have not shot up there like other areas.. they are consistant and you can buy any number of thousands upon thousands of homes for 120k or under and in todays interest rate environment these mortgage payments plus tax and insurances are the same or lower than rent.the issue in these areas is simply demographics.. and as stated the perception that many have they don't want to OWN homes.. homes in non appreciating areas like these are liabilities to the homeowner .. easier to rent and let the landlord fix everything and pay the taxs and insurance.you have a huge amount of the population that will NEVER qualify for a mortgage under todays guidelines.. this started changing in 02 to 04.. when I first started lending in Memphis and in the deep south my vendors were all flipping to retail.. then as credit got tougher they found this new thing called turnkey it also ran parallel to the real estate value run up in CA and other high priced markets.. when high price markets no longer could hit anywhere near the 1% rule..

There must be other options, of which I don't know - any insight to the lending environment after 10 loans would be really helpful, thanks!

For a lender, that means 22 different laws and regulations at the federal level alone.That does not mean doing what you propose is impossible - it just means you have to be willing to invest time, effort, and money in getting your operation right or face the fact you are engaged in a criminal activity.The other question you asked about parks not working with you.