I dont doubt that there were some predatory and unethical things happening, but my personal opinion is that more govt red tape/intervention isnt the answer.

They may be able to offer resources or interventions that can help ensure her safety and well-being.

There are tasks that require human intervention, such as assessing the condition of the property to determine cost to renovate of CAPEX, choosing which properties to include in a comparative market or rental analysis....  

I cannot believe that the law makes such a common action as to change the way your name appears on your properties something that requires the intervention of a lawyer.  

  $200k is a very good amount of liquid cash for house hacking but not much if you are buying as investment where you must put down 20%   Personally I like 2-4 units in NJ becuase they fly below the radar per say where as 5 units and more get a lot more government intervention and wacky laws.   

Most of the issues that we see are caused by intervention by the government. 

I’m certain there will be some type of moratorium or intervention, but the fact of the matter is the balance sheets of impacted lenders will suffer when obligations are not paid on time.

. - President, David Benson $4.5 million- Executive VP, Chryssa Halley, $3 millionI should have gotten into government mortgage buying….But I digress….My Skeptical Take:The conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac represents a unique intervention.

I suspect Morris knows the story and is counting on the same outcome from their beach house in Portugal.I wouldn't expect government intervention to help on this one.  

@James Carlson You probably already know my thoughts on STRs vis a vis 'affordable housing' :-)But this is going to play out as it will, and ultimately even Gov't intervention/restriction will fall to the power of the free market, so we'll see how it goes.I wish the property owners and entrepreneurs well, although some of them will learn that 'elections have consequences' as 44 so famously said.