@Liz Collier I have found that the banks that are the most popular in the military communities also have excellent loan officers who work with people looking to purchase with a VA loan.

The code changes are implemented from the State (or even Federal) level down to county, cities and towns.

Plus multi-families are quite popular at the moment with people wanting to house hack.

@Arta Montero In my apartment building I have 2 beds and 1 beds and the 2 beds are a little more popular.

As for the panel, if its a Federal Pacific, you should definitely change it out which is usually 1k-1.5k per panel.

The other popular option is to obtain a hard money loan which can have different qualifying terms and conditions.

Absentee Owners have been popular for a long time, and are apparently still somewhat effective (people are still mailing to them) but they are getting multiple offers to buy their home.

I would then sell the existing as a primary residence and get that nice tax benefit.I would then live in the brand new house with all that wonderful equity for 3 years and then sell it as a primary residence as well.Splitting lots is a very popular strategy and if I have the option I would always do it.

That area is appreciating and becoming a very popular pocket for buy & holds. 

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