In short, these loans are for the profit-driven investor.

I was also looking into a SFR with the ability to build a (I can't remember the acronym) mother in law suite or separate dwelling.

@Jen Buchanan Be careful what expenses you choose, some expenses depend on what type of investing you're doing    For instance miles driven can be  expensed for rentals but not for  Capital gains   Made on flips     Things like staying at hotels and food are limited to investors that are considered dealers    Read up on what can be  expensed  for your particular type of investments and tax strategy    

You can easily get the 2% rule on C class areas, but a lot of investors prefer to spend more and buy in B class neighborhoods that will attract better tenants and normally have fewer headaches.Lansing is a strong market because our economics are driven by several industries, GM manufacturing, Michigan Government, Hospitals (Sparry and McLaren) Insurance and investment companies (Farm Bureu, Auto Owners and Jackson National), and we have Michigan State University and Lansing Community College. 

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George economy being primarily retirement, service, and tourism driven is spot on, but they're doing some interesting things to try to expand that.There's been a fair amount of investment in tech-related stuff, trying to make the city another tech hub. 

There is lot's of demand for low to middle income housing but hardly any money in it for developers to build it which is why a lot of class A is going up or senior housing where the development cost can be justified.Personally I do not want to own in rural towns.

This new Airbnb AI party blocker is potentially costing me thousands of dollars.

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