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22 January 2025 | 0 replies
This is much lower than the costs associated with refinancing.Benefits of Mortgage RecastingLower Monthly Payments: The most immediate benefit is a reduced monthly payment, which can free up cash for other financial goals.Save on Interest: By reducing your principal balance, you’ll pay less interest over the life of the loan, potentially saving thousands of dollars.No Credit Check or Appraisal: Unlike refinancing, recasting doesn’t require a credit check, income verification, or home appraisal, making it a quicker and simpler process.Keep Your Current Interest Rate: If you have a favorable interest rate on your current loan, recasting allows you to maintain it while still lowering your payments.Drawbacks of Mortgage RecastingRequires a Lump Sum: Not everyone has the cash on hand to make a significant lump sum payment, which can make recasting inaccessible for some homeowners.Doesn’t Shorten Loan Term: While your monthly payments are lower, recasting doesn’t reduce the length of your loan.
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19 January 2025 | 13 replies
If I recall correctly, Rent Redi even gives them the option to pay using a credit card.
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25 January 2025 | 4 replies
Of course credit card is going to be like 3.5% but it does kind of such because it's already hard to get tenants to pay it lol.
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18 January 2025 | 3 replies
I would say credit monitoring
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20 January 2025 | 7 replies
Should We:Sell, take advantage of the capital gains law, move, and pay the mortgage off on the new house, credit cards, etc…?
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23 January 2025 | 10 replies
Avoid PMI and then go to a local credit union and get a heloc after closing to gift the money back.Have this as a tool in your tool belt but pursue use of the 3.5% FHA, knowing that you will be at a competitive disadvantage if you are competing with non FHA buyers, then you can call in the favor from your gift person.Just know that if someone gifts you down payment money, your bank will require them to sign a letter stating that it is in fact a gift that doesn’t need to be paid back.
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30 January 2025 | 47 replies
Most credit issues can be addressed in some way.
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11 February 2025 | 167 replies
There are still people out there who only deal with cash, and are queasy about using credit or debit card to make purchases.
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31 January 2025 | 26 replies
It's likely a scam anytime they sound like AI or the grammar is weird or they use the word "kindly", if they ask for you to respond to them off-platform, if they say their employer will pay for it, if they ask if the dates they've specified are still open (when they can clearly see they are open on your calendar), if they ask for a video of your property (they probably want to set up a duplicate listing with your photos and video and scam others out of money), or if they want a long term booking and they have just joined the platform and have no reviews (could have been evicted from somewhere else, and hope a newbie will let them in with no background check, they'll end up not paying or credit card is bad).
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29 January 2025 | 5 replies
I have 880 credit score, decent savings, and no other debt except for 300K mortgage on my primary residence (worth $1.5 million).