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27 November 2017 | 4 replies
@Moncy Samuel I will echo exactly what @Greg Scott stated - HELOCs are short term solutions.
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13 March 2018 | 4 replies
@Samuel Melgar first of all congrats on getting your license.
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21 March 2018 | 10 replies
@Samuel J Claeson,You can, and it should be the reasonable rate you'd pay someone to do the job, I'm guessing $10-15/hr as it's just dump/trash removal services.
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23 March 2018 | 7 replies
@Samuel Collier@Kevin RominesThanks for the valuable info.
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28 March 2018 | 9 replies
@Samuel Pawlitzki I have also considered that as an option.
27 March 2018 | 3 replies
Thanks for answering his question, @Samuel Pawlitzki .
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29 March 2018 | 13 replies
Samuel,I'm on the board currently so I'll take a stab at answering your question.
30 March 2018 | 3 replies
@Samuel WhiteYou may be able to access around 80k of that equity with a HELOC, if your parents will sign for you to allow the property to be used as collateral.
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31 March 2018 | 4 replies
But what Samuel said You have 21 days to return the deposit or whatever remainder is left after the repairs of damages is completed.