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11 February 2025 | 1 reply
House hacking a 2-4 unit property with FHA (3.5% down) or Conventional (5% down) can be a smart way to start, while DSCR loans or partnerships can help if you need alternative financing.
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12 February 2025 | 1 reply
Look up the loan officer and not the company (do they have any online reviews or social media presence; if possible look up their production numbers to see if they are any good)4.
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25 January 2025 | 12 replies
What really matters is how long you think you will have this loan.
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12 February 2025 | 5 replies
But because it is built before 1960 banks do not insure it as it is(not renovated) for earthquake so they do not grant me a loan even though my payslip is quite good
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6 January 2025 | 5 replies
I was just thinking today there was all this excitement about VA loan assumptions there for a while when interest rates started going up.
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6 February 2025 | 1 reply
Commercial Loan How did you add value to the deal?
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29 January 2025 | 2 replies
Name detection is via loan signatures.
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6 February 2025 | 2 replies
Louis for the hard money loan.
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27 January 2025 | 5 replies
@Craig Holland Land is often sold with owner financing, in part because buyers have a hard time financing it, and in part because buyers often only need a short time before they can build on the land and refinance out of the seller loan.
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14 February 2025 | 2 replies
Commercial Loan How did you add value to the deal?