Here's another interesting article on this news that I thought I would share. https://reason.com/volokh/2021...Unfortunately this doesn't mean too much as it basically says that the power resides with the states to decide.

From my perspective (news, social media, tax laws) it's a mess.

The good news is that this lower amount is still enough (barely) to help me cover the cost of the closing, but I have a lot of equity still in the original duplex I would like to have access to invest in more real estate.

Hey Bigger Pockets members Wanted to see what is your go to Real Estate Investing news source.

Interesting news - a federal judge determined that the eviction moratorium is unconstitutional, and started that "The federal government has not claimed such a power at any point during our Nation's history until last year".No injunction was issued at this point, but he expected the CDC "to respect his ruling and withdraw the moratorium".Check it out here : https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/02/25/politics/judge-evictions-moratorium-unconstitutional/index.html

Found this on the news today!   

This bad news is what helped me get the home.   

The good news is that this is not like the Great Recession, in that the current recession was not caused by real estate, and credit/debt is still very much available.

This is undoubtably great news for landlords and believers in property rights.

So the loan will be based on the new higher appraised value due to the rehab that you completed, so good news on that front.