But the city has risks too: historic tanneries, dry cleaners, gas stations, garages, workshops, any kind of industrial use - always be suspicious of what people did with chemicals back in the 50s and 60s when the general population had no awareness of the damage I just had to turn down a small development  10  house's or 20 detached as phase 2 found chemicals for the Filbert orchard ( Filberts are hazelnuts ) that was planted 30 years ago.the soil had to be dug down 1 to 2 feet analyzed and hauled to special dump at 3X normal dump fee's.. there is a reason why we do phase 1 and phase 2 and just dont buy this dirt and take on those liabilities.. now to be fair this is for lending purposes is someone want to buy it the county / city would not require the phase 1 or 2 but you take on going risk of someone suing the pants off of you in the future.

House hacking means getting a normal loan with 5% down, making sure you'll earn enough after costs, and looking for areas where it’s cheaper to start and renters are many.

Fewer "normal" people want an older home, again, especially if it needs work.

If you through the system, it's pretty easy and says to choose your bank and log in as normal once you find your bank in the list.

That wouldn't be a defect because the house was built before central air existed according to normal and customary designs of the time.

We're never going to fix this supply problem for housing unless we can juice the number of builds getting done to where its back to normal (i.e. pre boom times from 2005 to 2008).The federal government should do the exact same thing to stretch the money.  25k down payment assistance for first time home buyers who buy new construction homes as a no interest loan payable only upon sale or transfer (i.e. if the person dies and someone inherits, that 25k could be called due). 

The Coast Guard doesn’t normally keep their troops stationed in one area longer than 3-4 years which creates some demand for rentals in the area.

When the investors I work with use this strategy, they normally opt for a 5% down conventional loan.  

They're a little trickier than normal owner/occupied loans so you want an expert walking you thru it.  

I normally use the app, but you can access it on a desktop.