I have a house that I need to refinance.

.: It's not just the age of the house.

I did find a gutted house for $27k I think I can use this for a house hack and off load some of my maintenance expense for one of my Subcontractors who wants to come to Georgia to retire.

I plan to focus on short-term rentals in a property that I’m house-hacking, and hopefully move on to multifamily properties from there.I purchased Brandon Turner’s books Rental Property Investing and Investing in Real Estate with No Money Down.

Out-of-state investors, do you recommend a reputable online source that provides crime rates and other demographic information of cities/zipcodes?

However, availability remains tight, with a record-low vacancy rate of 4.5%.Retail move-ins reached 86.3 million square feet, while move-outs balanced the market at 86 million square feet.

Yeah i would consider a 2nd mortgage cashout on it if rates fell in future to recapture the equity.

House Hacking.

Will a rate cut of 50 bp impact the housing market?

In general, anywhere across America right now with interest rates as high as they are, there are very few deals that will cashflow with 75% leverage.