He clearly doesn't get investing or that refinancing after renovation is just a normal thing for many people.There is a reason that Fannie Mae allows up to 10 financed properties per borrower.Stephanie

@Alex Forest nice plots.Since fed is printing money like crazy, I thought that using gold to replace US dollar to measure housing price makes more sense and can provide us a more realistic view of how expansive it is.My current feeling is that the price is relatively low, and I might keep buying for a while. if the real estate price normalized by gold increases above 700, I will sell.

Does anyone know if we can keep the original tax basis if the family/trust were to deed us the house?

Single family homes/condo are hot due to a lot of people moving into the area coupked with lower than normal supply.

I'm normally in the opposite situation where i offer a discount to get a highly qualified tenant so i am surprised by this situation. 

I got them to come down 20K in price at inspection, it's a duplex (not a normal one, a studio on one side and a 3 bedroom on the other).

Hello All,Preparing a rental for tenants and just realized that there is a longer than normal lead time on the availability of kitchen cabinets.Ikea are proving far too slow.Currently beginning the process with Home Depot.Does anybody have any suggestions where I can get a new kitchen quickly?

Is this something the servicer would normally let you do?

Just a few items; lumber prices are up 325%, conduit is up 50%, any product which is produced with materials from one country and assembled in a different country is taking 3x the normal lead time, at best.  

They work with mobile home lenders on a regular basis and may have a few referrals for you.