are areas worth looking into if you want a balance of family living and business opportunity.Texas PerspectiveTexas is a great market for long-term rentals, especially in cities like Austin, Dallas, or Houston, where population and job growth are booming.

Also, it's likely that a slightly smaller amount of each payment will go toward principal since the loan balance is higher and the rates are likely nearly the same once the MI of 0.5% is added to the rate.

You certainly want to vet your property manager to ensure they are focused on balancing asset protection with tenant satisfaction.

Payments stay lower, cashflow better and it'll boost your balance sheet not to mention lower risk when things go awry. 

If I wasn't certain her story tracked, I would ask for documentation of her 401k balance and her application to withdraw money.

With tips, you could pay off the entire balance by March 31st. 

Do not forget to prepare the balance sheet, track distributions etc.

Balance debt and cash to preserve flexibility and scale efficiently.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

It's about balancing your portfolio and not putting all your eggs in one basket. 

In addition our healthy balance sheet allows us to pre buy mortgages down to as low 3.75% for our buyers, most builders can not qualify to do this.