The advantage is that rehab loans are based on the value of your home after the improvements.Since Home 1 will be the quickest to move on, please DM me the state where Home 1 is located, the purchase price and how much you have spent on rehabs to-date.

In other words, you would have already invested thousands prior to the auction just to research the properties and their titles.What is your recommendation because without doing a proper title search (which sometimes takes weeks and passes the auction date), how would you know if what you're buying is a good investment?

@Seidy Lasker Wash sale rules apply to stock options if they are deemed "substantially identical" to a security sold at a loss within 30 days, such as options with similar expiration dates or strike prices.

We asked the owner if we could start painting the house before the closing date...

Sincerely, Mark Updegraff Hi @Mark Updegraff- I'd love to learn more about your experience in Raisemasters to date and some challenges you've faced.

The initial year of each purchase was always a series of capital contributions to get it up to speed or get it going.

I think that’s why I don’t have more properties, because it has to be a great deal right from the get-go, and that usually means it needs a bit of work and is also dated, but a solid investment.

If not then probably better to just continue paying for it yourself, unless you want to speed up the process and you are constrained by cash.Your decision to refinance is going to be contingent on what your long term plans are.

Another option might be roth conversions and then accessing that money in 5 years from the date of conversion. 

With actual cash, you just transfer it. yes, but you can still bid with lender approval - without appraisal contingency - you send in deal (app), it gets approved by lender its functionally the same as cash (except in true lightning speed situations where there is a quick auction with little time to prep but thats generally pretty rare I'd think)Right, but that's not cash or functionally the same as cash because the lender can change the terms at the last minute, as often happens with less experienced hard money lenders.