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Down payment on FHA is 3.5% so you’re not wrong there and safe to assume another 2-4% for closing costs BUT you can negotiate seller assist to cover bulk of the fees if not all.

Where people want to live will drive rents, revenue, and appreciation. 

I was hopping to find a very knowledgeable attorney who can tell me exactly exactly what to do or not and be on the safe side of the law.

I’m building a tech solution that should drive more buyer leads to an agent’s pipeline.

you should come to the highest&best toy drive and REI meetup today so we can meet and chat.

We also want to expand our profolio but cannot find anything within 2 hours drive, or in California in general.

Those should drive a ton of traffic to your listing.Furnished Finder is the go to for MTRs (long term rentals with a shorter stay, over 30 days).You can also use FB like @Bruce Woodruff mentioned but you will need to get everything setup to take bookings.

However, we found receipt management (downloading emails and pictures and saving them to Google Drive) to be so cumbersome and decided to join QBO train.

There’s a silver lining, though—if the cost of the improvement is under $2,500, you might be able to expense it under the IRS’s safe harbor rule.