I plan to build versus buy because Im currently working for my father, who is a general contractor in Fl, and will save on the construction costs because I can do most of the work for little cost other than materials. it would be minimum labor cost and no profit cost from contractor.

It is a HUGE bummer as an agent to write up an offer to go to a junk property (happened to me last week) to end up pulling out.

I see on LA County guidelines and CA HCD guidelines that, when converting a detached accessory structure into an ADU, the structure can be expanded by up to 150 sq ft in order to accommodate ingress/egress.Does anyone have experience with using the 150 sq feet rule?

TX insurance cost was getting really high and not a fan of the debt structure although ODC did things to manage the risk associated with the debt.

Based on YOY return where this is located my sale price is $20k-$30k lower than present market, and it should just keep going up, but this mix-use presents an issue. 

Look for the topics that catch your eye in the forums, when you think of a few you're interested in, hit the "follow" button to keep up to date on what is going on in those specific forums.2.

The lender is saying they need to set up a holding company to hold the loan and that they cannot hold it in their business name.

Potentially "flipping up" once or twice between now and then, eventually retiring to the property, or selling to acquire a retirement property there.I'm an experienced, long-time licensed agent in Atlanta and have done many fix and flip deals in the Atlanta area, but really don't have any experience with STR or MTR, especially in Fl. 

Tax sale cleans up the title by removing all the clouds and junk attached. 

I've been hit up by a couple of companies to do rental arbitrage so that they can do STR themselves - but I'm not sure how to properly vet them out and make sure they're legitimate.