And you can definitely pay off your home faster if you focus on running all of your expenses through it and watch your expenses. 

Meaning that if you fund a $5K EMD and then decide not to close you lose the EMD, or you pay for an inspection up front and risk missing out on the deal while you're waiting for the report.

NeighbothoodScout shows appreciation for this century at 3.64% or ~$10.5k/year plus there will be equity pay down of -$2.7k. ~$13200  (forecast equity increase) -$4200 (cash flow) = $9k First year profit ideally that will increase annually.  

Go to Omaha and Sioux city tomorrow for inspections and client meets. 3. close new loan with my bank unsecured ( those babys can be tough to get).4. get my mind ready for 9 grandkids at the house this is the toughest one :)  Patience 5. firm up goals for 25 solidify my new clients that I have gotten in Q 4 24.

I agreed to pay for the renovation with no interest credit cards.

Turns out, the right marketing found renters who appreciated the quality and were willing to pay a premium.

You pay for the basement reno out of pocket and cash out immediately...instead of waiting for 6-12 months

This is obviously much better than $1,400 per month.On top of that, you will now get 2x the depreciation write-off so your taxes should go down.On top of that, you will now get 2x the appreciation when real estate price go up.On top of that, your tenants are helping you pay down the loan, initially at about $100/mo for both properties, which gradually gets better and better.On top of that, you now have more units so if one or two goes vacant, you have more renters covering the losses of the vacant units.If you want to keep these properties, I would do a cash-out refi and go buy more rental real estate.

my condolences on your recent lost.there are a few ways you can do this, as mentioned above you can take a heloc on your primary residence which will give you a second mortgage, first mortgage payment wont be impacted. you can do cash out refinance which will give you one mortgage and payment. it will pay the old mortgage and give you money in your pocket to pay for the rehab.or you can do a renovation refinance which is similar to cash out refinance but we would contractor involved  as part of the refinancing and they are paid through the loan

I was extremely humbled by people and their excuses when it comes to paying rent on time.