In 1976, HUD took a major step in regulating the construction standards of manufactured homes.Since then the federal government has taken steps to motivate manufactured housing opportunities.Today roughly 22 million A...

I've been trying to get a home equity loan or line of credit and have just been told by one lender that I must have made 6 payment on my first mortgage since I refinanced.  I refinanced my FHA first mortgage in Februa...

What do you guys think about next 10 years of regulation, both federal and state, regarding rentals? What we are seeing here in Massachusetts is consistent efforts to pass legislation like 2% real estate transfer tax,...

Earlier in the year someone posted an article stating that the government is going to take over the rental market. I take that to mean an increasingly regulated environment. Anyone have any regulations to share that w...

There was recently a debate on this site about the licensing requirements to take pictures of a house in return for compensation. In that thread, I had a little rant about the creeping role of the licensing into all ...

I am trying to understand the New Smyrna market in terms of a short term rental investement.
I'd like to find a place in Florida that I can be there during some of the winter months, and use as a short-term rental fo...

I currently own propeties in Texas and will be returining soon to my home country. I am a non-US citizen and recently have been hearing about Canada banning foreigners from buying property and Texas and other US state...

Realtors, doctors, athletes, teachers, limo drivers, governments, lawyers, pharmacists, police, actors, etc.  What do all these and many more professions and industries have in common?  They all have central authoriti...

Just heard there was a proposal that the United Nations is to regulate the internet and that the White House is opposed. Can this be? Joshua Dorkin, do you know what this is about?

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