I hate the idea of the government having a say in any of this. 2.

Regulations, taxes, and a government that increasingly views Landlords as evil is a disaster waiting to happen.

@Mike Paisley Compounding can work whether your money is in a government program or out side of one. 

That surely can't be bad.On the flipside, if the lending institutions are allowed to use government 🧀 for loan qualifications, then it might not affect anything, since we'll just keep making more of it and pretending like that's okay.

I think it will be a while before we see REOs hitting the market in bigger numbers (at least 18 months).Last time, it took a couple of years before governments and lenders slowed foreclosures to a trickle.

Yeah they probably have poor credit and no down payment (except he probably just got a large stimulus check from our dear government; he has 5 kids). 

The government incentivizes the things they want done - i.e. tax benefits for those providing housing, lower rate loans for owner occupants, etc.

It’s in an excellent neighborhood with strong potential for appreciation.I have considered FHA 223(f) financing and making it a government subsidized building for seniors.

Instead of paying all that cash upon sale to the government, it's spread out (from my understanding).

The house had a forgivable government funded loan on it.