I know that few of us think that "shaming" banks into action is likely to have material impact.

Things like square footage, parking, A/C, W/D, dishwashers, year built / renovated, etc all impact how much rent you can get.

This tends not to be a mobile population and will provide "ballast" for the owner market, offsetting in part the lower homeownership rates among younger households.While the senior population is likely to age in place, if boomers follow the pattern of the preceding generation some 3.8 million will downsize their homes over the next ten years, lifting demand for smaller housing units and having a major impact on the housing markets in preferred retirement destinations.

Lots of companies have been touting that investors are taking over the market (many of whom have an agenda, of course), but no one seems to have data from past years of how many investors there were in years past.Before making statements about how much more impact investors have today, the reporters and commentators out there need to get solid evidence and make conclusions based on real data.Certainly it is in my interest to make claims like there are more investors today than ever before, but since I have absolutely nothing to base that on, I'd never make such a statement.

Or there will be little tax impact and there is just the admisntration issues.Get tax advice from someone who knows the RE laws and tax details for the states involved.Originally posted by "HometownProperties":2.

Higher consumption will drive up demand for loanable funds, impacting the real loanable funds market, shifting the demand curve to the right.

Coming from personal experience, it is pretty amazing how simply writing down your goals can impact your progress towards achieving them.

Nothing wrong with that, except that you need to consider the impact on family dynamics if your Aunt loses money and the deal goes south.Hard money lending is a very legitimate business, and in fact, we have our own trade association with a code of ethics.

Hi Jerry,I don't have any experience in dealing with historical district properties, but I would call the city building department and try to find out from them how it impacts your particular property?

Because this will go directly into your total out-of-pocket upfront costs, it will significantly impact your COC and Cap Rate values.For example, let's say you spend $5K in fixing up the property to get it rented, that 6% COC return drops to about 4%.