It's a very old house but newly renovated so there has been some maintenance issues because of the cold and poor insulation.

Help, I have a friend who wants to play the stock market and I don't know how to talk him out of it!

Loan sizing varies by market, but in most areas your loan will be sized to 75-80% LTV; 1.20-1.25x DCR; 30-year amortization.

They specialized in concrete tilt up, but did a lot of time and materials work for a self made real estate tycoon who owned a lot of Federal Way.Along the way I got my CPA license and practiced in several differing sectors including doing some work with low income housing projects.As far as my start in RE, it was with buying my first personal SFR and later moving to a new residence. 

The structure also allows for mitigated tenant and maintenance risk, but it has increased dependence on market movements due to being appreciation based.

The markets have changed quickly, and what worked 5 years ago may differ significantly from what will drive success today.

So I have my house that refinanced in 2020 for a 15yr 2.5% rate and we have about 56k equity.

House hacking is a great way to get started.

In my day job I do SEO for a digital marketing agency and I am more than happy to talk SEO with anyone who has questions.I'm interested in Long-term rentals, though admittedly, finding deals below market value and funding those deals (not to mention I honestly have no idea have to put the deals under contract in the first place), are problem the first things I'll need to learn.

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