On my leases, I have wording that says something to the effect, “if this lease expires, tenant may stay on a month to month basis but still subject to the terms of the lease until such time a new lease is signed.”

,I purchased my first single-family home last year using the VA loan, i am doing house hacking, however, i am thinking about refinancing, however, i could not find a clear answer on how that would affect me when i am trying to buy another property or if it even has any effect at all. 

Using good debt properly and effectively is mission-critical!

It is an animal that works, provides assistance, or performs tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability, or provides emotional support that alleviates one or more identified symptoms or effects of a person's disability.

Available on Amazon   Finally Origin Investments, a very high powered syndicator, has an excellent blog about syndications   I would read them all but this one is specifically about waterfallshttps://origininvestments.com/2017/12/28/what-are-private-equity-waterfalls-clawbacks-catch-up-clauses/?

(I live in Illinois)I have a few blog posts about my tax lien payoffs on my Biggerpockets blog at this link (Blog title "Lien Online Me") if those types of posts interest you.

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I'd work on digital strategies like Facebook since you can still target your desired areas effectively without "boots on the ground" like bandits.

As @Lucas Miller said, the economy is a complicated beast and is effectively impossible to time.

Just want to make sure you are aware of the new Smoke Detector law going into effect this April.