Having a patio or a deck in a home will always bring more value.

Hi Titus, For the new purchase, would this be for a single family home or multi-family property? 

We purchased the home on 1/16/2023 for $525,500, invested $40,000 in renovations, and sold it for $658,000 on 6/7/2023.

Hello BP 😎 ai am new here but i listen to real estate rookie for awhile. i bought single family house in 2019 and now  i want to buy a four family house i have home equity should i use it at a down payment or not around here in boston the 4 family house is between 900,000-1.2M so i need to do house hack put down payments as low as 3.5% and rent my single family and show the Leander as an income to and i only have 30k saved up and the leander want to see 3 month reserve should i take HELOC and show them that i have reserve or is there any other  options?

I do not want to go into another vacation market but rather a metro area with a more diversified economy again just to get into a different type of asset.That being said I do want to continue to short term rent the next few properties we get at least in the first few years of ownership in order to increase cash flow to combat these higher prices and carrying costs before potentially converting to more passive long terms down the line.Therefore I am looking for markets that 1) have a decent draw of visitors year round 2) have regulations that allow strs in some parts of the city 3) Are in growing cities in the west or south.Below is a list of markets I have identified as potential places to look and I was hoping to get some insight from either other investors doing the same thing or agents/investors in any of these markets on whether this is potentially a good market to explore or not.1) Salt Lake City (this is right at the top of my list due to its proximity to ski resorts, expanding of the airport and long term strategic business planning of the area but I have very little knowledge of this market)2) Denver 3) Phoenix (used to live in AZ and like the fact that the state of AZ seems to look favorable on strs)4) Tucson (see above but lower home prices/potentially less appreciation)5) San Diego/LA (these are attractive because of their proximity to my home in Irvine)6) San Antonio (love that it is very close to the booming Austin and feel that this is a market that could see some real growth in the future)7) Tampa/St Pete (I have always been very interested in this market for both short term and long term rentals)8) Raleigh (have invested in Charlotte and love NC but again very little knowledge on this area)Any insights or advice on any of this would be greatly appreciated.

I am hoping to pull pull out the cash from the home to make a large purchase.

My husband and I will be taking my in-laws into our home due to health issues.

Construction loans don't care about the properties income (DSCR loans do) but construction loans do care about you making the payments while the home is under construction and then REFINANCING out of the construction loan after the construction is complete. 

Not only that but you are going to carry a Heloc in a 2nd lien position and you will not be able to pull out more cash unless you do a cash out refinance to pay off the previous Heloc and take out more cash.85% of the home owners who take out a Heloc refinance in 3-5 years so it makes more sense to simply do a COR and avoid the future closing costs.

Another question: are vacant or improved lands subject to property taxes?