I have a few stubborn tenants who insist upon paying in cash and I make them take the money to my bank with a pre-filled out deposit slip with my name and the last three digits of the account number and then they fill in the date and the amount of the deposit.

Our insurance 'crisis' is real, but on the mend. 8 new carriers were approved last week, but until that settles down and we see where interest rates go this summer, I would be conservative with your numbers. 

I've changed my investing strategy after my experience in the last year. 

If it used to be your primary residence and you've only recently moved out (ie it was your home for 2 or 3 (I forget the number) of the last 5 years), and the price has gone up since you bought it, sell it, avoid capital gains and decide what to do with the money.  

But the value that can be added in high value markets is greater than in low cost markets.My last value add (purchased Dec 2021) was purchased off market at $2.25M and was appraised at purchase at $2.5M for the loan (so on purchase I "made" $250K). 

The last set of documents that were sent over, was sent on Thursday.

Of particular interest will be the revisions (if any) to the January report, which blew expectations out of the water and helped send average mortgage rates back above 7%.Current odds on Fed rate cuts at upcoming FOMC meetings:May 1: 7% (up from 4% last week)Jun 12: 69% (up from 64% last week)July 31: 82% (from 78% last week)Note: These probabilities (which come from CME Group) are implied from the real-time prices of different Fed Funds futures contracts.

I have scanned through about 1/4 of the sales in our county for the last 3 years, arranged by seller name, looking for a person or company who has made multiple sales, but so far, the couple flippers I have found doing that haven't responded to me.

I acquired a HELOC last year at 5% and it’s currently 10.5%.

Worcester Listing Inventory has been incredibly low, even considering annual market cycles, but has finally bounced back in March to compare with this time last year.