The government has just launched a new help to buy scheme which has caused a lot of controversy over here.

Have you or any property managers you know heard of the Government not paying rent for the days during the shutdown period?

Tedious but you can do it at 10PM on Wednesday unlike a lot of things where you need to physically go to a government building.

In New Zealand the government retains all land under lines it is impossible to build under them.

The big banks gobbled these loans up for 20 cents on the dollar from the smaller banks as they were closed the problem is the big banks from public and government pressure will not foreclose on these folks BUT they will expedite a short sale you just have to get the right list and talk the sellers into short selling their house where they're living for free.

Now this is a small six unit building, with ALL previous owners gone and new owners either moved in or rented out, two of the six units are in foreclosure and hence vacant, and the new owners are getting familiar with rules and regulations of the HOA documents which are like six phone books, so the questions about who's responsible is met by "...well I don't know either what do YOU think?"

Best to market for private sellers.Be sure you're not violation any real estate board regulations by wholesaling or getting cross wise with your broker.

Banks and government agencies require more.

Government, an economic indicator that relates to labor, material and services.Marketing aspects of related industries, from timber to plastics.Insurance companies watch trends as it relates to new costs of construction and trickles through to premiums and losses.Hedge funds, the mortgage industry, securities, REITs are related to macro assessments.My point is that the closest aspect of macro numbers to your market is to motivation of buyers and sellers, temporary attitudes that may tell an owner "I should sell now" or "I need to hold off" but usually these temporary motivations or attitudes don't make it to the level of making a buy or sell decision, all such thoughts are simply indicators to form an opinion to lean toward further analysis of a personal situation.All real estate is local.

If you are flipping as a rehabber you will pay more taxes regardless if your company is structured as an LLC S-Corp, C-Corp etc or Ptrshp because you are flipping and considered a speculator not an investor per government policy.