What he ended up doing after pondering on what to do is be more Pro-Active thinking on selecting who lives Upstairs and Downstairs..Typically families w Kids or pets he rented downstairs, young Professionals he rented Upstairs.

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@Andrew Postell We pondered the idea of the 203k however with it being a such a competitive deal, in our scorching hot sellers market (1.5 months of inventory) they probably would have went with one of the other offers with a quicker close date as the sellers had another home UAG.

Once inside the 2 girls start giving this sob story about being scammed by an agent who rented the house here and show a receipt ( hand written note) trying to prove their bogus story.

@Ericka Grant,We had a similar situation, young girl LOVED the place, signed contract, paid deposit.. then the day after the lease started, she told us her dad did a search, and said there were too many sex offenders nearby, and she wouldn't move in because she was afraid now (she saw it twice in person, no concerns).    

I'm leaning towards paying off my mortgage... help a girl out, BP!!

So that is a future consideration that needs to be pondered now in anticipation.

Being a lifelong city girl, I don't think I would enjoy living in central MA but I could definitely look into it as a place to purchase property that I'm not living in.

I was pondering through ways to approach various leads I have received through Direct Mail campaign and figured I would throw a few questions out to BP for experienced lenders to give their take on.

If not, you didn't have it anyway.One girl's two centsBest of luckStephanie