I dont know the terms of this specific home equity agreement but the ones I have seen in the past were pretty expensive.

The information contained in this post is not to be relied upon.

DTI < 33%I've been constantly getting advised by my real estate agent (& i've discussed this with multiple agents) that if I add any contingencies to the offer, it won't stand a chance in the bay area market.If that is the case, how do I protect myself from challenges which could be found during home inspection / pest inspection related contingencies?

While it seems possible thats true, people doing this are screen shotting stuff from Zillow.

I was going through some of my old blog entries and found this one from 38 months ago.

Have you all invested in other markets already or is this the first? 

Hi BiggerPocket community,This.is Michael, currently a partner of Coldwell Banker UAE.Just want to introduce myself to this community and proactively will be sharing more about investments in the real estate market here in Dubai.

Congratulations to myself on this one.Unto the next one!

I would love to connect with anyone in this space. 

I renamed it to whacka-con-artist.It’s still a LOT better than it was when I started on BP in 2009 and every other post started…….I have a MANDATE in which I’m third from the broker of record for a loan pool worth $500 Trillion and I want 2 points for myself in compensation for posting this …..