You also get to set the tone for the tenant population you'd like to attract.  

Originally posted by @Jay Hinrichs:@Bill Gulley  could not agree more it looks like Dodd frank has basically put the high volume seller carry back person out of business or if they want to be in business they need to study up and become a mortgage banker like ME> Not worth the effort IMO, you'd have a hard time just originating 365 loans a year, no one sells one a day, every day, 365, better to just sell the 90% of the population, get cash and move on.HINT: The way to do it is as a non-profit :) 

Thes eare just 2 of the several requirements to change zoning.Having read through the city council meeting minutes when these rules were put in place, their goal was to control population density and increase owner-occupy properties, helping neighborhoods not get so run down and whatnot.Sorry for the long post.  

This is the strategy I have in mind (please advise):- Buy unloved or rundown large houses below market value (sell in my new area at auction anywhere between £130,000 upwards) in great rental areas (high population of young professionals, students, etc);- ADD VALUE!! 

This is the strategy I have in mind (please advise):- Buy unloved or rundown large houses below market value (sell in my new area at auction anywhere between £130,000 upwards) in great rental areas (high population of young professionals, students, etc);- ADD VALUE!!

However other population centers at the moment are still quite affordable, but with the shrinking population there are only a few types of pepertys you should be looking into.

Six individual young adults... household population increases when they have their friends over and/or sleepovers... 

About 20K are from indigenous population increase and the rest are moving here.

Below I will list the pros and cons we have with this investment and what obstacles we face.Pros - Demand(80% of this 40,000 population town are renters!)

I think you need to look at things like job growth, population growth, housing availability, and how many houses are being built or refurbished compared to how much demand there is.