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Beneficial-ownership filing mandate takes effect in 2024

Housing Wire

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) as of Jan. 1, 2024, is accepting beneficial-ownership information reports from existing and newly created companies, a mandate that applies to many real estate-related entities. FinCEN, part of the U.S. Department of Treasury , has been authorized to collect the reports , a requirement established under the Corporate Transparency Act of 2021.

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Low-Cost Properties Are Actually the Most Expensive

BiggerPockets

Low-cost properties are appealing because you can acquire and generate income with less initial capital. But they are actually the most expensive way to achieve and maintain financial freedom.

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Housing association leaders on the affordability landscape, 2024 priorities

Housing Wire

Affordability remains a critical issue in virtually all conversations about housing, and few people understand that reality better than leading housing and mortgage industry advocacy groups. HousingWire sat down with three industry leaders to discuss the housing affordability landscape in 2024: Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) President and CEO Robert Broeksmit, National Housing Conference (NHC) President and CEO David Dworkin and Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) executive director Sco

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A New Law Affects Real Estate Investors: How to Comply and Avoid Liability

BiggerPockets

The Corporate Transparency Act took effect on January 1, 2024. We'll explain what the CTA is and how it impacts real estate investors.

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Logan Mohtashami’s 2024 housing market and rate forecast

Housing Wire

The 2023 housing market faced one of the same roadblocks we saw in 2022: mortgage rates were too high for home sales growth. Now that we’re in 2024, the Federal Reserve ‘s rate hike cycle is over, so let’s look at what that means for housing demand and home prices. However, a yearly forecast has limitations and in this crazy housing and economic cycle, if people give you a yearly forecast without guidance as variables change, you’ll be dealing with stale data.

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Do College Football Towns Make the BEST Real Estate Investing Markets?

BiggerPockets

What makes a good real estate market? A stable or growing population, large employers nearby, tourism, and, as a bonus, college-educated residents.

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JL Collins: You Don’t Need to Be Rich to Reach Financial Independence

BiggerPockets

JL Collins is one of the most respected authors in the financial independence community.

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