Lenders are allowed to charge junk fees, brokers are tied to only being allowed to charge an underwriting fee, which is charged by the wholesale lender, not the broker.

Here’s a quick take on each option:Sell and buy in SoCal: This offers simplicity and high appreciation potential, but with all capital tied up, it limits flexibility if the faculty housing waitlist falls through.Keep current home as a rental, downsize in SoCal: This maximizes long-term profit through appreciation of both properties but might feel tight financially and in space.

Good timber does not grow with ease, The stronger wind, the stronger trees--hang in there Joe.Good Luck!

Quote from @Jared Khan: Hi BP - long story short, my cash is tied up in illiquid assets at the moment.

We could also tie our security cameras into the police system as part of a local program here in Chicago.We also paid "house sitters" to keep the squatters out!!

so your close to getting about $7 dollars a day profit by tieing up 400k as an absentee landlord?

The way to get the payments the lowest is always tied to amount financed, and cost of borrowing.

My lender provides this without an $8k fee to join a Facebook group. where this falls down is most wholesalers tie up deals unless its the high priced markets for next to nothing on EM  many times no EM.. 

The field of engineering I do actually ties to real estate which is "Land Development."

We still see one another, but it's not the close family ties that once existed.