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Updated over 9 years ago,
Why are lenders willing to accept a downpayment with borrowed money?
I am familiar with the strategy of refinancing one property with cash out and using the cash to pad the downpayment on another property, but I don't understand why this works. If 50% of your 20% downpayment is borrowed, how is that different from just putting 10% down?