Long-term asset-based loans, which are loans that are primarily based on the subject property's cashflow and not your personal (or global) income (i.e. no tax returns, pay stubs, personal financial statements, etc.), usually come from hard money lenders, such as CoreVest, Civic, Lima One, LendingOne, LendingHome, Visio, and us (Certain Lending). 

Sharing you Knight Frank's Prime Global Index for Q2 2020: https://content.knightfrank.co...High-end housing markets across the globe, beleaguered by the coronavirus pandemic and the accompanying damage to the economy, have reached their lowest rate of annual growth in almost a decade, according to the latest prime cities index from Knight Frank. 

Does anyone know if these requirements to report all my real estate doings to the broker are universal?

But I imagine you would have to do something pretty far outside the universe of landlord-ing to have to worry about having a suit brought against you. 

I'm seeing a lot of sub $100k properties around the university.

You may be full of hope or you may be a Houston sports fan.I wish there was some universal game plan for life in general and real estate business in particular.

These towns are also close to Rutgers University campus. 

The current measure PROP 21 is very similar to a previous measure that was soundly defeated in 2018.However, the current proposal seeks to deftly exploit the ongoing Covid-19 economic crises notwithstanding the numerous financial and operational hardships already being borne by the landlording community.Therefore it's vitally important that the landlording community (in all states) recognize these harmful initiatives and the nearly universal long-term counterproductive effects that they have had in practice.

I have heard from some books I have read about "Home depot university" where you can go to a store and learn more about paint, tile , fixtures etc.

What I did was find someone who was investing locally, and picked their brain, also attending internet university to find out everything I could about my specific county that I wanted to invest in!