However, at least in my market, you are still going to have to pretty much cover the rent for one side so it may actually increase living costs.

It doesn't work so great when you force it upon assets that are not a good fit. 

I did not dig into the other lenders you listed, so they all could be just as good, worse, or better.

I'm wondering if since you are not technically calling someone when you use an RVM if people are loopholing there way into having a larger viable call list and just including DNC numbers. 

How how I put myself somewhere in the middle of the deal legally in contract so I can receive my assignment fee at the COE for bringing the 2 parties together.

So I am very new to financing. 

Investors flock to them, so you have plenty of competition and I see super low rents.As with @Alecia Loveless advice, I would suggest buying resales. 

Most likely if you rent it, it will not cash flow to cover the mortgage so you could still be losing money every month.IT would be good to compare what options is better for you. 

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So while this doesn't directly address STRs and the idea is general housing density, I do see it opening more doors for STRs indirectly perhaps.Is this housing density ruling going to help STR investors overall?