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11 February 2025 | 3 replies
Since you put 5% down and the appraisal came in at $160K, your available equity might be limited since banks usually cap HELOCs at around 80-90% loan-to-value (LTV).
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4 February 2025 | 24 replies
At the time, I already owned a few properties.
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9 February 2025 | 9 replies
Also, new to the platform BP has here, what exactly are "the boards" 😅Sorry.
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15 January 2025 | 10 replies
Take a bit of that money and invest in learning - go to meetups and the many events that take place related to investing in the city - some for free and some paid.
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3 February 2025 | 8 replies
Looking at both Duplexes and SFH.
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5 February 2025 | 5 replies
In August 2022 I was with a group of investors at a property we had recently purchased in Costa Rica.
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30 January 2025 | 3 replies
Then she still only makes 2% extra for taking the risk of you not paying versus a bank.
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25 January 2025 | 7 replies
The houses would be looking at I'd imagine would be about 7 to 800 k taxes would be about 4K hire a year.
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5 February 2025 | 54 replies
Personally I would not take a negative cash flow deal.
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7 February 2025 | 40 replies
How much of a credit do they offer at closing to cover the servicing fee?