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Renting vs. Buying: Single-Family Homes Offer Tenants More Options 

Appraisal Buzz

This kind of commitment ultimately affects the improvements that tenants want since, in the event that they decide against buying a property, they might want to improve their existing living areas. The post Renting vs. Buying: Single-Family Homes Offer Tenants More Options first appeared on The MortgagePoint.

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HUD Streamlines Affordable Housing Regulations

Appraisal Buzz

Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) has published a Final Rule in the Federal Register to modernize and strengthen regulations for the HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME). For more than 30 years, HOME has provided funding to build new homes, assist home buyers, and provide rental assistance.

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Property management software: Why more Americans firing their property managers

Housing Wire

Finding the best tenant is an uphill battle for some landlords. Then, they often face dissatisfied tenants, pesky maintenance issues, and tenants who cant or wont pay their rent on time and in full. In todays shifting economy, buyers arent willing to pay the amount sellers are asking for. Managing tenants is hard.

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Consumer advocate says policy changes are needed to help FHA buyers compete

Housing Wire

The authors suggest a two-fold recommendation — that more states and local municipalities pass “source of income” legislation so that tenants and homebuyers will be better protected; and for the U.S. of the U.S. mortgage market in 2023, up from 14.3% in 2022, according to HUD.

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Solving the Affordable Housing Crisis

Appraisal Buzz

It was a prime investment – cash flowing and competitively priced due to it being a buyer’s market. A Cautionary Tale from 2013 Let me start with a personal story. In 2013, I acquired an apartment complex in Austell, Georgia. For a while, we were the crown jewel of the submarket which gave us a competitive advantage when leasing.

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EasyKnock faces consumer lawsuits and actions from state regulators

Housing Wire

In addition, her office alleges that EasyKnock violated some of Massachusetts’ landlord-tenant laws. Most recently, EasyKnock announced a $28 million series D funding round from new and existing investors including Gaingels , Moderne Ventures , QED Investors , and Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff.

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Your Guide to Optimizing LinkedIn for Real Estate Agents

Housing Wire

Be sure whatever you choose is on brand for you – is your brand more quirky and fun or more high-end and modern? Offer to find them off-market properties, help them find new tenants, or provide a CMA for any properties theyre considering selling. You can include your logo, a photo of your team or a skyline view of your city.