.- Very low appreciation unless there is a large market shift -- major new employer, city takes many housing units offline via eminent domain, a college greatly expands without additional housing, etc.The list goes on.

Hi Folks- first time house hacker.

The manager and mngt company work in tandem daily to manage tenants, buildings, maintenance, contractors, accounting, escrow, HR, taxes, fair housing, municipalities, legal etc… It does take a village for sure. 

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) gave conditional approval on Friday for a pilot program allowing Freddie Mac to purchase SFR closed end second mortgages. 

With the current cost of renovating - what is the consensus ?  

Specifically, I'm thinking about getting properties which ideally satisfy the 2% rule or at least are significantly above the 1% rule (ratio of monthly rent to purchase price + renovation cost).Given these goals and the fact that my constraints, I have the following questions:a) Which markets are best to look at ?

Are these attractive terms for a housing market that appreciates on average 6%?

He asked the right questions and I could tell he was serious, so I decided to team up with him, and we purchased this run down three flat, and gut renovated the bottom unit, while increasing the rent on the top two units.

I have a property that is in the middle of being renovated.

He had smoke detectors in all rental houses.