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The Section 8 Investor Playbook: Housing Choice Vouchers in 2026
The Succession Weekly Brief for August 8, 2026: how independent landlords should evaluate the Housing Choice Voucher program in 2026, the FY 2026 funding…
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Timely briefings on the financing, regulatory, and market developments that shape small-portfolio investing.
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The Vacancy Assumption Gap: Why Your DSCR Underwriting Probably Uses the Wrong Number
The Succession Weekly Brief for August 7, 2026: how DSCR lenders use a standardized vacancy assumption that diverges from actual Census Bureau data, what…
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Section 1071 Starts January 1, 2028: What Every DSCR Loan Application You Sign Will Now Send to Washington
The Succession Weekly Brief for August 6, 2026: the CFPB Section 1071 final rule published May 1, 2026, what the January 1, 2028 compliance date actually…
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Mobile Home Park Deal Anatomy: Why Lot-Rent-to-Market Is the Value-Add Independent Owners Miss
The Succession Weekly Brief for August 5, 2026: how a 40-pad mobile home park deal is structured around lot-rent-to-market value-add, what the income…
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Supply Constraint: Why Indianapolis Rents Are Standing When Sun Belt Rents Are Falling
The Succession Weekly Brief for August 4, 2026: how Indianapolis apartment inventory growing at roughly one percent annually is keeping vacancy low and…
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HOA Super-Liens: When 9 Months of Unpaid Dues Can Foreclose Your First Mortgage
The Succession Weekly Brief for August 3, 2026: how HOA super-priority liens in twenty states let a community association foreclose on a property and…
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Flood Maps Change November 13: Check Your FEMA Zone Before Your Lender Does
The Succession Weekly Brief for August 2, 2026: what the November 13, 2026 FEMA FIRM map updates mean for independent property owners, how to check your…
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Private Mortgage Note Investing: When the Independent Investor Becomes the Bank
The Succession Weekly Brief for August 1, 2026: how independent investors originate and hold private mortgage notes in 2026, the IRS Form 1098 reporting…
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Property Tax Reassessment After Sale: The Acquisition Pro Forma Trap in 2026
The Succession Weekly Brief for July 31, 2026: why the seller's property tax bill is a misleading acquisition pro forma input, how state reassessment…
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HUD's May 2026 ESA Memo and the Six FHA Compliance Gaps It Did Not Close
The Succession Weekly Brief for July 30, 2026: HUD's May 22, 2026 FHEO enforcement memo on assistance animals, what the rescission does and does not…
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Anatomy of a 4-Unit Pittsburgh Deal: What Cap Rate Expansion Hides
The Succession Weekly Brief for July 29, 2026: a deal anatomy of a 4-unit small multifamily in Pittsburgh with realistic 2026 underwriting, what the…
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Multifamily Starts Surged 76 Percent in June. The Permits Are the Real Story.
The Succession Weekly Brief for July 28, 2026: the U.S. Census Bureau's June New Residential Construction release shows multifamily starts at 513K SAAR…