Real estate is a long game, and while appreciation is a powerful tool for wealth building, it should be balanced against the immediate financial realities and the market's future outlook.I hope this helps!

Do you have any advice for how to balance that relationship as friends but also as renter-landlord?

If you just got this card it probably has a teaser rate now, but you need to be able to do a balance transfer once it runs out if you haven't paid it all off.

But their fee might be equal to 35% of the security deposit amount whereas the fee is charged to the owner (not against the tenant's security deposit balance). 

In March 2022, my dad passed away and I became administrator of his estate which included his home which was purchased in 2003 and had a 30 year mortgage balance of around $70K.

This way we get to use that dollar over and over when we need it and pay ourselves back the interest on the loan which goes back into the policy, increasing the available balance we can borrow and the "death-benefit".

If you are borrowing the balance and you are an investor buyer then that amount of cash will get you into a $300-$350k property @8% interest. 

There will be a balance between cash flow and appreciation.  

The minimum bid at the auction will be Vesta's unpaid balance plus some fees.  

Hey Yona, Columbus offer a great balance between affordability and rental rates.