Whereas, in Mexico and the Dominican Republic, your income is in USD but your costs are in pesos and these costs are very low to top it off.Also, because real estate is traded in USD in their countries, the well-to-do Mexicans and Dominicans are using property as their store of value of choice against the devaluation of the peso.

My hammer is for cracking open nuts, not remodeling.Just food for thought....

Recently its down to 4.82%, so if we keep in mind our margin or the fixed portion the lenders add on top of the index to come up with your daily rate calculation is going to be as follows:4.82% + 3.75% (example margin for AIO) = 8.57% so we'll round it up to the nearest .125% which should be 8.50% interest only.Given that prime is 8.50% already and there is a margin on top of Prime for most HELOC's out there from .25-3.00% your traditional HELOC would be much higher rate than your comparable AIO loan comparatively.So just some food for thought.

Some specific examples include careless installation of vinyl flooring in our kitchen, resulting in irreparable damage; leaving an exposed nail in remodeled kitchen cabinetry that scratched our new range; installation of bathroom sinks with improper plumbing connections; and multiple instances of failure to remove cigarette butts, food trash, and construction waste from our property.

Perhaps this will provide some food for thought when discussing your next asset protection strategy with your real estate attorney.

Also, it is worth mentioning that we are near the Mexican border, which we have been importing materials from for other projects.

I will only live in one of the units 4 out of the 12 months of the year because the other 8 months I will be with the Angels organization, during that period they provide a place for me to live and also food, so during those 8 months I would have more money I could save up and use in my house hack.

Their "Selena" which is foreclosed by Arbor is in east houston near ship channel and definitely in "theHood", their "Sophia" is in Greenspoint aka "Guns-point" and you can't get food delivered there without a police escort.

Download a spending tracker.When I wanted to lose weight I downloaded a food tracker.

Yes  buyers agents will make less , when you are hungry you will do what you need to to put food on the table .