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13 January 2025 | 5 replies
Quote from @Brad Roche: The other thing that is great for the FHA 203K loan (not sure about the Homestyle loan) is that you can kick the payments out to 6 months of ownership (so close today and make your first payment July 12th 2025) if you are fixing up the home.
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20 January 2025 | 15 replies
My thoughts on this platform are that it's another money grab.
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25 January 2025 | 3 replies
But there are a few ways to shake things up:Cash for Keys: Offer them money to move out.
14 January 2025 | 7 replies
If you have access to some money you can increase your equity in one jump.
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5 January 2025 | 18 replies
They pay for themselves and put money in my pocket to build up a reserve for the next purchase.
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8 January 2025 | 7 replies
This allows them to get more capital so they can make more loans without having to grow their asset base, while also maintaining their relationship with the customer through monthly payments.
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8 January 2025 | 11 replies
(Assuming quality of service doesn’t decrease.)No matter how you look at it, that is a ton of money.
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9 January 2025 | 2 replies
I originally used liquidity from a refi, HELOC, and a personal LOC to make the purchase and then refi'd that money out after closing.
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9 January 2025 | 46 replies
Make sure you are going to get your money's worth.One more thing: Matt claims they have now fixed their staffing issue and fine tuned the business.
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6 February 2025 | 4 replies
Tell them you are losing money and can't afford to let it continue.