Cities that require each:Soils reports ($6-7K for report & required work): Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Encinitas, La Mesa, National City, San Marcos, VistaStorm water management ($5-7K): Del Mar, Encinitas, VistaBuilding Verification Survey ($3-8K): Del Mar, Oceanside, San MarcosUtility upgrades are also a very important consideration, and City of SD in particular is enforcing more requirements than they have in the past, e.g. water fixture counts and requiring ROW work to upgrade.

STR data expert AirDNA.co recently released their list of the top 10 National Parks to invest in for STRs.

Site location is 15 minutes commute.Tesla’s first major investment in South Carolina, opening Distribution Facility; from Whitmire the site location is 30 minutes commute towards Greenville.Above average National Blue Ribbon Public Schools.

https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/housing-stat...The Memphis metro area has a deficit of about 29,000 housing units, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

I went the other way I was selling very tough to sell Land in Northern Ca. national forest areas (Mendocino) my fee was 10 to 20% and sometimes higher.. these properties are common in the West.. where you have private ownership surrounded by National Forest lands..

They are saying it'll report "crimes at a national level like national sex offender list" but that they can't access county or state level offenses.

There are definitely pros and cons to each so I figured I would just lay out a few benefits and personal thoughts: Small banks/brokerages:Pros:- Some regional knowledge of the market- Possibility of more creative lending guidelines with bank specific programs- Sometimes they have competitive rates for their areaCons: - weak balance sheet (more strict on some guidelines, no wiggle room, inability to be flexible or grant exceptions because they cannot afford to hold less than perfect loans)- Can't scale with clients to different markets- Usually limits exposure to individual investors (they don't want one investor to be too big of a portion of their balance sheet)- Lack of experience with multiple solutions (tend to have 2 or 3 loan products they sell and are too niche to provide tailored solutions)Large banks/brokerages:Pros:- Large compliance departments that understand individual market guidelines (typically each state has specific lending guidelines that augment the national baseline)- Ability to scale into multiple markets with same lender (licensed in many states)- Impossible for individual investors to "outgrow" a large bank's balance sheet (not concerned with one investor's concentration)- More lending solutions available for different scenarios- Often comparable or better rates given the game is volume basedCons:- Can be more difficult to get fast responses if the bank/brokerage does not have good follow up systems in place (or if the underwriting/processing staff gets overwhelmed)- Bad large banks can feel less like a relationship and more like a cog in a factory (less personal)Overall, I have worked from both and worked with both as a loan officer, branch manager, and as an investor/client myself. 

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The ZIPs in Realtor.com’s Top 10 are seeing nearly 4x as many views per listing and selling 1 month faster than the typical home nationally.

Ok @James McGovern, I will let you know how I DO get discounting from builders, and nowadays I all but exclusively do this with BIG builders, yes even some nationals.