Investors will want to ensure that the areas they are investing into have low rates of crime, or are at the very least improving over time.Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) requires many financial institutions to maintain, report, and publicly disclose loan-level information about mortgages.

I plan on bringing them up to the market level after acquisition with minor improvement and proper marketing.

Perhaps as discussed air bnb but watch your condo bylaws probably prohibit short term rentals and you might get busted.Househack an option, rent out one room.i believe unless you bought your condo on a distressed sale it might have just held its value or slightly decreased in value due to market conditions.

I plan on bringing them up to the market level after acquisition with minor improvement and proper marketing.

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So wouldn't it be easier to just purchase with your 20% down then take out a line of credit for improvements then rent it out.

I am also waiting on my contractors license to arrive in the mail, MHIC (Maryland Home improvement Commission) can be a little slow lol.

Same neighborhood preferably, same school district and schools, same finishes and I always go make at least one improvement the other properties don’t have. 

As far as structure, I suggested he take a deed now with a mortgage back on the property so he is protected when he maintains, pays taxes and insurance and incurs significant costs improving the property, but the owner of the property he is interested in wants to retain title.

So, I'll soon be moving to Indianapolis and I want to buy a decent house with the intent to air b&b the extra space.