Totally normal.Here's the thing....Higher cap rate deals are typically perceived as being high risk, which means that when you invest in a high risk deal, you want your money to come back to you faster to reduce your exposure, right?

It may be agreed that the fee for property 1 (in you example) could be 50K or really at an amount that the lender is comfortable with in keeping the remaining loan balance in place with property 2 as security.A lender will generally not increase their risk or exposure by releasing collateral, the idea is to reduce the initial risk level from that originally made.In your example, the loan of 100K is at 50% LTV using both properties.

Meth is a bad compound and a esquire/judge/jury would destroy a greedy R/E investor for not getting it tested if disclosed before selling or especially knowingly renting it that might expose the poor tenant to long term exposure....

What I find interesting is how banks downplay the effect this credit crunch is having on their overall exposure.

So that has made me a "buy term (for the real exposure) and invest the rest type.Single premium options can be good if you really need the insurance, but the need is often very inflated.

Its one of those things that when you are young and have supposedly higher levels of risk tolerance, you can increase your exposure to stocks, considered more risky, than bonds.

A number of new RE investors come from careers where they have little exposure to both topic.

If you train up in a specialized skill that is in demand in the US you have many more options than just the annual lottery.My limited exposure to Australia is the place is very much like the US.

My first exposure was my grandparents- they had several rentals when I was growing up.

Hi everyone,My name is Vince from Chicagoland area. I was reading a book on rental property by Brandon Turner and was referred to this page. I'm VERY excited to go down this path as a real estate investor :)  I've bee...