But this was an awesome opportunity for me because this is my first living situation where I will be on my own (and getting used to paying a rent/mortgage) but this will put my overall mortgage on a 400k house at roughly $2000 a month for the first year!

If I wasn't able to get the cash together, using a private lender would've been a good option.

Hello, my name is Kamarye Hodges and I am a broker, I wish to gain insight and experience. Hopefully I could even provide some sort of value to this group and most definitely do business with some of you. I like to bu...

I'm both an investor who has done fix and flips and a mortgage lender.

However, rates have since moved upward.A 30-year fixed rate mortgage is once again sitting around 7% interest:For broader context, here’s a chart for 30-year fixed mortgage rates over the past 5 years:The real estate industry hoped 2024 would see a recovery in which mortgage rates fell and home sales climbed.

Financing OptionsParent Loan Options: Consider home equity loans, investment property mortgages, or co-signing a loan.Tax Implications: Speak with a financial advisor about potential deductions and capital gains.Rental Income Potential: Explore the option of renting out extra rooms to offset costs.5.

For those interested, a combination of mortgages with no “due on sale” clause, mortgage companies loose due diligence, and title insurers willingness to “turn a blind eye” to practices that wouldn’t pass scrutiny now, resulted in tactics like the “second mortgage crank” which not only allowed investors to purchase properties with no money out of pocket but allowed investors to actually walk away from closing with “cash in their pocket”.

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If you did not do a "wrap mortgage" or "mirror mortgage" to help them create "notes receivable income", they may need a cosigner to have enough income to qualify for their next mortgage.

If we include investments in mortgage loans (trust deeds), real estate partnerships, REITs as well as direct property ownership, I’m at about 80%.