Does TX have any laws on how much a landlord can raise the rent ?

Thanks @Jeff Gold I suppose that raises another question - is the Gulf side or the Atlantic side a better place to look at for STR Investment?

In reference to raising the rents to market value, that is always an awkward scenario.

Considering the FED cannot really control interest rates and at best can control the short end of the curve it would seem to me that Jay Powell would be in a position where he cannot raise rates. 

I have a great foundation contractor  that fixed a raised foundation issue I had in Sherman Oaks, not sure if this would be of use?

By this time i wanted to invest in real estate but after talking to lenders i couldnt due to no work history i had made 150k in investing in bitcoin from march sell off and buying everyweek and holding from then till now so money wasnt an issue just needed a lender willing to loan to me and hard money was my only option so i put down 20% and my monthly interest rate is 4.75% because i had a 750 credit score which help me get a low rate so what I owe left on the mortgage is 116k and if i get my cash out refinace at 75% ltv ill be able to keep around 70k after paying old loan off and then use that 70k for another down payment i want a fourplex but what i really want is to go commercial 5+ units where i can do value add raise rents and get a higher value to cash out refi again and continue the momentum. just wanted to share my story and my goal thanks for your time.

I'm also pretty sure some of our tenants think we might be backed up with Russian mafiya muscle.

Purchase price: $132,000 Cash invested: $4,000 2-1br and studio rents raising Jan 1 2022Increasing cash flow to $750 month What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Keep in mind, holding documents longer than required can create problems by raising additional questions in an audit.

Though I have no statistics on this, I think the second group did better.Thanks for raising this issue and I wish you the very best.