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20 December 2024 | 9 replies
Typically it's 10% down for vacation homes for Conventional
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4 January 2025 | 67 replies
Orchids in our orchid gardens are flowering.
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16 December 2024 | 5 replies
You will live there for a year, hopefully get some equity so that when you refinance into a conventional, you can cash out, but in this market that is pretty unlikely.
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16 December 2024 | 3 replies
Thanks for the response.Another question - I'm currently at 6.875% rate conventional for a year now, is it reasonable to refinance now at 5.875%, conventional?
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15 December 2024 | 3 replies
@Paola Astrid, if so be the case, refi to a conventional investment loan.
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11 January 2025 | 67 replies
If you finance conventionally you don't have that limitation, but you can set your own goal.
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7 January 2025 | 16 replies
@Tyler Kesling Adding to the above great points, start with 2-4 units as it's standard conventional financing. 5+ units is commercial and somewhat of a different ballgame.
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11 January 2025 | 420 replies
It was proved to you that a HELOC and conventional mortgage compound interest at a similar rate.
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18 December 2024 | 3 replies
This may border on mortgage fraud though if she gets a conventional loan knowing she intends to just hand you the title.What about a private lender that won’t make you sign personally?
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18 December 2024 | 10 replies
HI Guenevere, You can acquire your a primary residence from up to 1-4 units for as low as 5% with conventional or 3.5% FHA with a few exceptions.