I used money from my business savings earmarked for starting a group home for my mentally ill nephew, who has been struggling since his mother's passing.

Have you already started working with lenders to figure out which loan product might be best and what price point that might put you at based on that?

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The average temperature in the United States is 50 degrees, but if you are standing in Death Valley or Gnome, Alaska, what you experience may feel very different.In the handful of MSAs that I monitor, I'm seeing YoY rent changes from (2%) to 8%.

Talking with an agent in a different state the other day and they started talking about this or that issue, that I never really heard about. 

WOW,thanks for the info about the 6 months eviction period allowed for a purchase of foreclosed property in the state of Michigan. i am just getting started and this is a real BOMBSHELL to hear.

The ratio of new jobs to new home starts is a staggering 2:1 making that growth sustainable.

I’m just starting to explore the world of real estate investing here in the Bay Area.

I get more cash upfront, cashflow after my cash-out refi, and I net more on the sale because no realtors involved.Young family that the husband started a business 1yr ago so couldn't qualify for a mortgage, but they wanted to buy a home. 

Owning these has been a completely hands off "investment".