I do my best to honor both, and God has blessed me more than I deserve; including having a portfolio of rental properties, which is a story in itself that came about because someone offered me a house on an owner-carry contract because he knew I could never afford to buy my own while living overseas.  

That's an extra $900 that you keep.

You can go up to 80% but the rate is not worth the extra 5% in most cases.The other thing to look at is if you have a prepayment penalty and if so how many years you have left on any of the three properties, if not than your good to go!

What I mean is, if you are thinking $50,000 down, plus closing cost, plus fix up cost, plus time on market to get rented as your foot in the door cost to get up and going- you might want to add an extra line item for additional time and additional costs associated with this type of scenario.

Bank REOs often have extra paperwork and offers are made with an agent.

So I have been researching making an extra principal payment every year and how it will cut down your mortgage to between 21-23 years.

This home had a HUGE delay that cost us thousands of dollars.The group that put in the underground plumbing dug the plumbing too low, and by the time we caught the mistake, the slab had already been poured and the sep...

Is the garage big enough to have a full queen bed in there with some furniture for an extra sleeping area.I would also add the PS5 or maybe a Switch or Wii?

Just ask for a raise at work or sell a product to make some extra cash flow.   

Got us where we needed to be for a refi with no extra money in from Regions.