Some investors have a banker that gets it out right away, others go thru in house committee before it reaches us.

Hey everyone/ anyone following Somerville stuff... so just heard that zoning changes passed in committee last night and will be voted on tomorrow by the full council but it should pass... for owner occupied units there is a lot of opportunity in the changes. 

A Denver focus committee is in the process of re-working the group home rules now, so we will see what they come up with (licensing may be in the future).

Not discussing politics, here is a glimse to the in fighting going on...CFPB 'fundamentally unaccountable': Hensarling29 Jan 2014The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee blasted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as “fundamentally unaccountable” Tuesday during a committee hearing on the agency.

Kim Post, chair of the conference committee, stated

In Alaska Bar Association Ethics Opinion #88-2, the committee declared "circumventing a contract term under these circumstances is not fraud or fraudulent conduct.

(I will say from conversations I have with members at the city of Denver's Short Term Rental Advisory Committee, there are stirrings of again raising the issue of primary residence restriction.

I have already been granted some money from the community preservation committee from the local municipality, however I want to see if there are any other funds I could apply for.Thank you

For some of these loans banks will have net worth requirements, make it a full-recourse loan, __ months of PITI/reserves, etc. so even if you had the down payment you still couldn't get through their loan committee. 

I'm a part of the private stakeholder committee for the trail and have pushed for its development since 2016.