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18 December 2024 | 5 replies
I'd consider doing some kind of cash out refi on the property at a number you're both comfortable pulling out, while still leaving $ for reserves to maintain the STR you currently have.
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18 December 2024 | 4 replies
It will all depend what you feel comfortable in terms of budgeting and the type of repairs needed.
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18 December 2024 | 23 replies
Depends who you ask and how secure you feel about your income On the one hand being debt free is great, but leverage allows us to build our wealth quicker.RE investors are notorious for being cash poor, so I would avoid thatIf youre able to comfortably save 100k a year and have enough reserves, I think buying leveraged properties is the best way to scale.You could kill two birds with one stone theoreticallyThey say paying an extra month a year towards principal saves you 7 years on a 30 year fixed mortgageUsing that logic you can add 2+ months a year on your primary, and buy 1 property a year and keep enough reserves.
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11 January 2025 | 420 replies
I guess that's their comfort zone.As I mentioned last night, experience in this thread has shown that more smaller payments produces less benefit than fewer larger payments.
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14 December 2024 | 6 replies
Face the fear--get yourself in front of more sellers.Little by little, your presentations will become more comfortable, and your success rate will increase.
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18 December 2024 | 13 replies
Sometimes the lofts are large enough that you can stand up comfortably, other times they're two mattess on the floor and you have to crawl in from the ladder.
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8 January 2025 | 33 replies
For awhile it seemed like only SLS and Pennymac were buying loans and I got comfortable with their platforms but now I’ve got Lakeview, Mr.Cooper, Flagstar in the mix all with different systems.
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10 December 2024 | 2 replies
If you were in my shoes, what would you be doing right now.
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19 December 2024 | 3 replies
Get out of your comfort zone.
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17 December 2024 | 6 replies
In this completive market, it seems as though off-market deals is the only place to really find a "comfortable" position to be in (although completely aware that we are all in a risk filled area of investing).