In addition to the above, I'm a legal tenant w a 2yr pre-paid lease.

Hey guys, I have a duplex under contract and it will be my first home purchase. As I’ve never been through this process before, I wanted to get your opinions. Do these closing costs seem pretty typical? Purchase price...

You may be able to negotiate with the seller to have them contribute to your closing costs and prepaids.

Enjoy, word of mouth can be the best way to meet a lawyer.Another idea that I am researching right now is prepaid legal services that offer access to real estate attorneys.

He prepaid 6 months prior to moving in and ended up staying 2 years and was a great tenant.

If you buy for $26,600 the total purchase price is going to be something like $29,000 +/- with closing, upfront, and pre-paid costs.

It needs about $50k of reno, then there will be about $4k of closing costs and prepaids.

Her parents prepaid the rent for the whole year.

Usually you'll find that private parties who are not registered or regulated in some manner may not charge points as points are pre-paid interest and would apply to usury restrictions and such restrictions usually apply to private transaction in RE.Origination limitations for qualified mortgages are limited under various arrangements with the SAFE Act.

Even if you set up an account with Listsource, they still charge 10 cents for that Equity % filter. 8 cents would be their pre-paid cost for a list without that filter applied.