Thankfully, we live nearby because that had a small learning curve, but now we can turn onto a street and almost know immediately.

I live in California and am investing in the North Little Rock and Jacksonville areas.

Weather you live in it or not.

Eg for heat, based on size of the unit, for water based on the number of people living there.

.- We're grappling with the social phenomenon of "squatters", individuals who don't pay rent and the government allows them to live in your property rent-free for 24 months before eviction.- Spain's population pyramid is a mess, with sky-high taxes and increasing insecurity in many areas.- The rental yields in premium zones of central Madrid barely reach 3.5% - 5% gross due to government policies, such as the rental index imposed by the socialist government.For these reasons and many more, I'm considering investing in Miami.

I live in a small town and don't know that any of the local brokerages will be a good option. 

Wanted to check if that is true and if it is just lender specific or are there any legal laws around it.Thanks The rules are generally pretty vague - for the 10% Down Second Home Loan - generally are supposed to be not an investment property (no more than half the year rented out, no property management) and the vicinity rule is not super clear - but you are supposed to live "near the property"There won't be a difference among lenders since this is a GSE backed product (all rules the same) - however, the difference is likely to come from the interpretation of how close "near" meansThis is a good twitter (X) thread on the topic from a lawyer thats in the spacehttps://twitter.com/Wildlaw406/status/1689416363973214213

Weather you live in it or not.

I live in Plano.

I highly recommend you to learn as much as you can via their recorded videos and/or live event.