Population growth, strong job growth, multisector industry/economy (Never invest in an area propped up by a single industry, or worse, a single company), landlord and business friendly, strong development, strong sports teams (even minor and farm teams), lower crime rates than national average, and good schools/colleges nearby.

I am looking at a lot of land and using the FHA Construction to permanent loan to buy the land and build a house.

If you pre-plan it right and make 50% of it business related, you can write the trip off as a business trip. 

It depends on if your real property trade or business is being a professional investor.

Remember, a palpable business strategy for insurance carriers is denying claims. 

Personally, I'm looking into starting a "newbie" consulting business and this would be an opportunity to work on structuring that, while getting valuable feedback from someone like yourself!

I recently came across this "FHA construction to permanent Loan" option which seems almost too good to be true, so I wanted to get some input on how this works and where I might be able to find a lender.

I don't really plan to use my license to sell to the public as I already have a full time job and our investment business will take up the remainder of our time. 

I wonder if streamlining the cleaning cost into the ADR ("eliminating" another extra fee) encourages greater business (especially if positive reviews note place is clean, etc.) even if the market has shown it will bear the cleaning cost (and it's routine).Scenario 1: Guest pays $400 per night for 2 nights plus $300 cleaning fee.

Hello, just wanted to see if anyone has experience with building a Single family on hillside land under the Q condition? I wanted to connect with people to discuss lessons learned and how I can go about navigating the...