I will ask them to sign a new lease when I take possession so that they ARE bound by MY terms and conditions.  

Look at their marketing strategy.

The odds that anyone on Section 8 can become a home owner may be OK in a low-cost market, but the odds are ridiculously small in Austin.

Hello, I am new to real estate investing and I have a tentative verbal deal on a pre-market lake property that I would eventually like to make my retirement home (10 years or so).

Columbus, Ohio is a great market to invest in.

Hey there,I am a business owner, located in Europe, and I am looking for a person who is just like me, a newbie investor, who has not invested yet, but has a lot of passion, drive and any business experience to invest (through syndication) in multifamily properties in USA (south, south east and south west).I have been involved in business ventures in the last 5+ years while working in various sectors, including marketing, aerospace and defense and e-learning.

The post itself is mainly for the REFINANCE step but it can certainly be applied to other lenders.  5 years ago most hard money lenders were pretty close to being similar but now there seems to be VERY different conditions especially with more "national" types of HML. 

Trying to explore if there are still pockets in Nova where the returns make sense, given the high prices.Nova is extremely low risk, which is why cap rates are so low, the issue I honestly see with nova right now is the cap rates are often times below what you could get in a bond, and leverage is hurting you right now, I wouldn’t say I Would recommend not investing in nova or investing in high risk market, but personally I’d rather get something in the 5-7 cap rate range and take on slightly more risk to do so. 

Are there any resources that exist to determine what the fair market price for a condo should be in a particular area?   

Check for how long the current tenants have been in the property and assess the property condition.