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Make Your First Investment Property an Attractive and Profitable Option

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

You’ve just purchased your first property to renovate. How can you capitalize on your first investment property? Whether your first investment property will be a rental or a flip, your goal is to walk away with more money than you put into it. Decide on How to Proceed. There are pros and cons to each.

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FHFA unveils GSE duty to serve plans

Housing Wire

Although the lesser of the two government-sponsored enterprises by size, Freddie Mac was alone in committing to purchasing manufactured homes not titled as real property, or chattel loans, a key item affordable housing advocates had sought. Freddie Mac also recently preempted its larger counterpart on targeted lending programs.

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How should appraisers approach short-term rentals?

DataMaster

. — also known as short-term rentals (STRs) — to claim STR income as part of the borrower qualifications side of the lending decision. However, the GSEs did not make a parallel change to the property qualification side of the lending decision. This is creating significant friction in the lending environment.

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GSEs still shun the low end of manufactured housing

Housing Wire

Instead, they have opted to finance manufactured homes that more closely resemble site-built homes, are titled as real property and cost much more. Freddie Mac has sought to educate borrowers on options to convert chattel financing to real property. Could the same logic be applied to chattel loans?

Finance 360
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Working With Your Appraiser Helps Deliver a More Reasonable Value

Simonson Real Estate

The role of the appraiser is to provide objective, impartial, and unbiased opinions about the value of real property—providing assistance to those who own, manage, sell, invest in, and/or lend money on the security of real estate. Again, greater transparency leads to more accuracy. Regards, Mitchell Simonson, MAI.

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How should appraisers approach short-term rentals?

DataMaster

. — also known as short-term rentals (STRs) — to claim STR income as part of the borrower qualifications side of the lending decision. However, the GSEs did not make a parallel change to the property qualification side of the lending decision. This is creating significant friction in the lending environment.

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Top 6 Commercial Appraisal FAQ’s

Simonson Real Estate

The appraiser’s role is to provide arm’s length, third-party, neutral, and impartial opinions about the value of a real property and provide assistance to those who own, manage, sell, invest in, or lend money on real estate. As appraisers’ we assemble facts, statistics, and other information on a specific property.