Do not fall for the attractive looking term sheet. 

Make sure it explicitly explains the process for termination if you are unhappy with their services, especially if they violate the terms of your agreement.3.

If your accountant will let you expense it that would give you more benefit if the short term. 

So there's no blanket prediction for the US as a whole except that if rates stay higher long enough to work through all of the 2.5 mortgages, housing may come down somewhat because it's virtually frozen right now. 

We have been contemplating our strategy to start our business by having my sister buy her first home locally here in Connecticut, a duplex as her primary residence and live in one unit with our mother, while renting out the other unit to a resident, and be able to also rent out her single-family house as a short term/midterm rental to traveling nursers/working professionals on furnish finder.

In the next couple of years I will look at whether the long-term appreciation approach is practical.

Which is the smarter option to take financially in long term, buying a new construction or resale house as a primary residence?

Depends on your long term outlook.

If they continue to smoke in the apartment, you have grounds to file for eviction due to them breaking the terms of the lease.

I’ve sold 13 properties on terms.