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4 January 2025 | 16 replies
Helps with your debt to income, better opportunities at cash flow, and typically requires less down to purchase.In regards to challenges, I usually build in an extra 10-15% to deal with things that I can't see behind the walls, including dry rot, electrical or plumbing issues, etc.
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2 January 2025 | 18 replies
Whether we agree with these items or not, the following are inflationary government policies: stimulus, student debt relief, tariffs, increased child tax credits, limited immigration, and big government deficit spending.
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17 January 2025 | 19 replies
Once I work with will even go to 90CLTV, but they lend on very strict asset classes.Another family office I work with lends debt based on SBLOC.
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31 December 2024 | 418 replies
I am not a debt investor, a bond investor nor am I an investor in corporate debt, private equity debt, peer to peer lending, etc.
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21 December 2024 | 10 replies
Taking the higher of the two, that's 52k in debt service for 12 months.
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1 January 2025 | 3 replies
Best thing to do is avoid the higher DTI debt to income, claim one as investment and use the rents to offset the new purchase.
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3 January 2025 | 19 replies
One solution could be a Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR) loan.
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9 January 2025 | 9 replies
A private investor will want to see a few successful deals before taking out large sums as a debt loan.
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6 January 2025 | 28 replies
If they have paid off property (especially if the investor is much older), they probably have a healthy stock portfolio as well :) Debt has worked for me, and I'm glad it works for you too!