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"Owner occupied" loan- Do I really need to live there? In MA?
I want to get a 5% down multi family, owner occupied loan. Apparently I only need to live there for 1 year. However, a mortgage broker told me that they would give me a loan if one of the units was not occupied at the time of purchase, or I could serve the tenant with a notice to vacate. If I then decided not to live there and rent out the unit, would that be fraud? Or if the tenant "refused" to vacate? Could I get in trouble for that?