PS My realtor did me a solid and listed the place on that network for free and isn't taking a commission, but as a trade off I'm kinda on my own as far as finding someone when leads come in.

If real estate traded on a screen, this may be a good strategy.

its kind of a trade off because i can get a newer property at a higher price and down payment, or get something older, less down and then use that money to fix what i need to fix. 

Mostly on trade accounts with local businesses for the materials, some business credit cards, some of the contractors were OK with waiting 30 days for payment. 

It is just trading one debt for another and most likely will increase pay down amount through higher interest rate and fees. 

But since you asked I have hired multiple skilled trades and as a union worker I work hand in hand with them everyday of my life.

I’d like to trade it for this kind of property in this place. 

Education (K-12, High Ed, Trade Schools) 2.

I think one thing people need to understand is in the US the ten-year treasury is competing against the mortgage-backed securities and while the ten-year is impacted by interest rates, its not the only factor and amount of spending we do also impacts it.they auctioned off 30-year today and it went really bad as no one wants our long-term debt and it sold for 4.3%10-year notes recently traded for 3.96% but again very weak demand - which I believe means yield prices may continue to move up, which means interest rates are not going down dramatically anytime soon - so that fed 25 or 50bps drop is not going to have your mortgage lender dropping rates suddenly the next day...Now the spread between the 10 yr and 30yr mortgages historically is closer to 1.75 but recently has been between 2-3% due to yield curve.

I would trade the 7.5% I am chasing with my "barbell strategy" (of 40-45% commercial real estate syndications) for a 17.5% return gained in active investing.