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Kelly Williams Refinancing a (somewhat) new loan
7 May 2013 | 9 replies
My concern is that it could appraise less than $250000 and would defeat my purpose of refinancing.
Derek Caffe Advice: How to save a Quadplex Deal with VA loan financing
9 February 2015 | 2 replies
@Derek Caffe You can save the deal with cash, but that defeats the point of a VA loan.Let the owner know and if s/he won't come down to 100k I would walk on this one.  
Drew McKinney Quit Facebook and bought 16 units shortly after!
11 July 2017 | 7 replies
Congrats on defeating the facebook drug but what is your next step with these properties?
Hasan Hamdan Bankruptcy Short Sale
6 August 2015 | 13 replies
Coming out of bankruptcy with payments you can't make defeats the purpose.
Justin Cortez TEXAS "SUBJECT TO" plan and questions
25 July 2019 | 22 replies
That kind of defeats the purpose of a subject to if you don't really own it on paper.So that puts you right back where you were with taking the risk of a subject to being accelerated, and taking the risk of irking the state attorney general on a preforeclosure deal with a distressed borrower.
David Alonzo Buy less with cash or more with financing?
28 July 2022 | 6 replies
All cash just costs you more, and usually you won't recover that cost for a very, very long time...which defeats the purpose of investing.In this case, however, your statement leads us to believe that you would be making a choice between high cost and no cash flow (maybe even negative), which is just another version of higher cost...just not paid for all at once.If those are your two options, then there is only one choice...NEITHER. 
Diane Stinebaugh what's a good name for an LLC?
29 August 2021 | 60 replies
If I told you the name of my LLC, it would defeat one of the purposes for which it was formed :)If it is intended as a passive holding company, and not an active business, then the name does not matter.
Michael Hayes What Company Was It That BP Advertised That Offered Title Curing?
4 January 2017 | 2 replies
I felt like that was defeating the purpose.
Alex Washburn Financing Foreign Purchase - Costa Rica
28 July 2024 | 14 replies
What would work would be using a US lender if you have US collateral to give but that would likely defeat the purpose and you probably don't need me to tell you that.Finally, there is a lot of inaccurate information around about investing overseas.
Tracy D. Garrett-Numa SELF DIRECTED RETIREMENT PLANS, LLC
23 May 2017 | 7 replies
Be sure your aware of the rules so that journey remains a positive experience.In addition to the rules that govern which transactions are and are not permissible, there are some transactions that are taxable even within a 401(k), which is sort of self-defeating.