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 With millions of Olympics visitors searching for accommodation in 2012, we look at whether homeowners can make a packet by renting out their properties

When it comes to sharing a house, it's important to set some ground rules first.

Spain’s Parliament rejected a law that would have eased the effect of mortgage foreclosures for as many as 300,000 homeowners who have lost their properties.

Real estate investors are finding opportunity in depressed home prices, sluggish sales and the expanding pool of renters.

Inman News examined housing, demographic and economic data for hundreds of metropolitan areas nationwide in developing a list of 10 markets that may be best suited for house-hunting investors.

The analysis considered markets with high affordability, low and dropping prices, a high market share of foreclosure sales, high population growth, an improving unemployment rate that is close to or better than the national average, high projected return on investment (ROI) over the next decade, and a low total cost of ownership-to-rent ratio.