Real estate is a hard asset where they are only making so much land.With real estate you get the 4 pillars or return.( depreciation, cash flow (hopefully) , appreciation (hopefully), and principal pay down ( if you have a loan and are not paying all cash ).Your tax equivalent yield can rise in the double digits on return.

Originally posted by @Steve Babiak: Not a CA person so just putting ideas out for consideration.

Hi, is there a way to check if the seller fixed all the issues rised and recorded by an inspector ?

Take into consideration that not all property deficiencies will be noticed at move-in and not all will be noticed at move-out.

This also creates different affects on different folks, so what made John's score rise, may not make your score rise in the same way or the same amount.

Is there any special considerations or laws concerning an incarcerated homeowner?

A bitter pill to swallow but they are on the rise now and have come up as much as $30kRecently though there seems to be a rash of sales that are much higher then what current value would point to.

There are so many things that need to be taken into consideration so make sure you do enough market research and properly analyze your market.Good Luck!

According to Zillow it is slightly on the rise.

If I'm not mistaken, after June 2013 FHA PMI will stay with with you for the life of an FHA loan.1) When you go to refinance the chances of you getting a better conventional rate on a multi-family property will most likely not be possible.2) In order to refi into a conventional loan you will need at least a 20% equity stake in a multi family residence.There are a few other considerations but I think you get the gist of it, refying out of an FHA is not the easiest thing to do.