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3 December 2024 | 2 replies
If you're looking to make short term use of the equity and have a private lender/investor who's willing to think outside of the box, you might be able to create a custom repo agreement.
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5 December 2024 | 87 replies
Glad you have good customer service as well -- something that wasn't done well in 2014-2015.
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6 December 2024 | 21 replies
@Dave Harlan They have an amazing product but your better off using a mortgage broker with a great reputation for customer service because they offer wholesale pricing advantages to their brokers and the only complaints I've ever heard about them have come from service issues on the retail side.
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3 December 2024 | 1 reply
It’s a beautiful custom home, one of the nicest in a so-so Oakland neighborhood ("biggest house in not the best area").Here’s the context:- Bought in 2014 for $590k, appraised in 2022 for $1.2m.- Located in a C- to B neighborhood—close to amenities and mostly safe but not for everyone.- Converted to a rental in 2024; initially rented for $4,750/month, but tenants moved out, and the soft Bay Area rental market has made filling it challenging.
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3 December 2024 | 3 replies
Monarch does a great job of being the "dashboard" and appears to have good customization features.
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4 December 2024 | 6 replies
Generally when I talk to my customers looking to buy a property each year FHA usually gets in the way with one or more of its overlays and restrictions.
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2 December 2024 | 0 replies
People responded by explaining that residential mortgage lenders are looking for US-based customers, who have their residence, income and assets in the States.How do they view foreign debt?
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3 December 2024 | 4 replies
Taking a boiler plate contract is not going to be helpful as they're typically customized to people's needs/wants.
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7 December 2024 | 150 replies
Baking a CakeYou can read up on what a cake is, what goes in a cake and go stock up on a bunch of ingredients.
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9 December 2024 | 98 replies
It's a lot prettier.https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/irs-wins-14-000/...A cryptocurrency exchange called Coinbase that deals with bitcoin and other digital currencies has been ordered by the IRS to start forking over information about some of its customers.According to Business Insider, a U.S. district court ruled that Coinbase needs to supply the personal information of 14,355 of its customers to the IRS as the agency tries to combat tax evasion.The customers affected by the order conducted Coinbase transactions of more than $20,000 between 2013 and 2015, which includes 8.9 million transactions.