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24 January 2025 | 16 replies
https://retipster.com/164-arturo-paturzo/Your situation reminds me of this podcast.
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20 January 2025 | 242 replies
I am not privy to their financial situation.
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10 February 2025 | 1 reply
I am interested to hear what the other pros have to say about your situation and how they would recommend approaches this.
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19 January 2025 | 1 reply
I would pull a FHA loan for $665,000 and live in one side and rent the other side out to a family member for $2,000 a month.
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10 February 2025 | 0 replies
I've got a flip lined up in Redmond Utah. My normal hard money guy said no because he doesn't do small towns. My second guy said the same. I called a dozen lenders yesterday and they said no because:Small town.Small a...
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16 January 2025 | 7 replies
I'm feeling most drawn to a buy and hold rental investing strategy and like the idea of the BRRRR strategy in tandem with VA loans, basically refinancing VA loan backed mortgages to conventional loans once there is 20% equity in the home.
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21 January 2025 | 20 replies
you can use a DSCR loan if your DTI is too high for conventional.
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29 January 2025 | 10 replies
If you are just getting started here in Chicago, house hacking is the ideal situation.
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23 January 2025 | 56 replies
Definitely not willing to put money into something like this and potentially worsen our situation.
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10 January 2025 | 1 reply
What type of loan is this?