I have been reading articles, listening to podcasts, and attending webinars for what seems like forever.

I just read through the article, it honestly sounds like they are charging for convenience and because they have such large capital they are allowed to suck up a good portion of the available market, would saying this be correct?

@Stephanie Irto  Some of this info in this article is not exactly correct, but here is a press account.  

@Brian Braunhuber  Article XVI, Section 50 of the Texas constitution forbids home equity loans and HELOCS on non owner occupied properties (only homesteads are allowed).  

Nat Chan I read an article about this a couple weeks ago stating that "you should prep your tenants for rent increase so it's not a shock to them".

Here's an article you might find useful on this topic: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/lump-sum-...Please feel free to PM me any time, and best of luck!

Interesting article about Google dealing with housing for employees.

(c) Conditional use conversion — procedures. (1) In addition to the requirements of Title 14 {“Conditional Uses”} of this article, the following procedures apply to a conditional use requested under this section. (2) When the application is filed, the applicant must submit to the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Planning plats and construction and floor plans adequate for the Department’s review. (3) The Department of Housing and Community Development must submit to the Board a written advisory recommendation.

I authored an article about this recently, and the relevant paragraphs are here:"The IRR is, simply put, the discount rate (expressed as a percentage) at which the net present value of an investment becomes zero.

http://www.cbsnews.com/media/the-10-hottest-real-e...Here's an article that says that Orlando will see the largest rise in home prices this year, at 5.7%.Considering real estate as an investment, these returns are very low compared to the stock market.According to this, one should never invest in the value of real estate because there money would be much better in stocks or even municipal bonds.