This tends to affect flippers who market to FHA buyers as it can increase their hold times.

Note that this won't increase your IRS paperwork.

I need to finally pull the trigger on this.My pertinent info:-I own 3 rental SFR properties, all free and clear :D worth approximately $450k-I live in a 4th property which is mortgaged-I live in California :/-I also have a regular jobPrimary goal: asset protectionSecondary goal: increase tax advantages above and beyond my current sole proprietor statusAs a side note, I would also like to hear your thoughts on LLC'ing in wyoming/nevada/wherever else you can think of and how that model would or would not work in California as a foreign corp seeing as how "strict", for the lack of a better word, it is here in California.My entity/entities of choice would protect me from inside liability as well as outside liability.

Fannie/Freddie and FHA all have increased their underwriting guidelines on purpose to tighten the flow of condo's into their mortgage pools.

The problem is that the population has contracted so much that there are areas where if you try to rehab and aren't guarding the house 24 hours a day, your materials will be stolen almost as fast as you install them.

I then increase the price by $10k and got 2 full price offers days apart.

There is only a certain amount of Hawaii and the values will certainly increase again if and when our real estate market settles down.As I said in the first paragraph, I don't have any articles, only my experience and input from friends that live there.

So, if I can spend another $5k and increase the ARV by $10k, I should do it.

This was certainly an increase of income and not a negative situation.I also know a lot of friends that are renting amazing homes for a lot less than what their mortgage payment would be if they could qualify to buy it.

Oil could go both ways because as the dollar rises, oil should fall, but if the economy speeds up demand will increase.