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Stacie Telles Refinance on Investment Property
3 February 2025 | 12 replies
If you are open to non-traditional methods of financing, you could use a debt service loan to bypass that requirement.
Clarase Mika Welcome to 2025! Turn Your Housing Allowance Into an Investment Opportunity
23 January 2025 | 0 replies
Instead of paying into someone else’s property, you could be using that allowance to finance your own real estate investment.In Germany, you have access to a stable market with long-term growth potential, and U.S. service members and government civilians have unique advantages here.
Kyle Kline Short Note Investing
28 January 2025 | 7 replies
Hi KyleThe way most real estate for sale is priced these days there’s little to no cash flow after debt service with 25% down - borrowing a down payment would put the investor in a negative monthly position. 
Justin LoPilato House Hacker Introduction!
22 January 2025 | 9 replies
Do you have a service or website you prefer to handle direct mail?
Byoung Bae First time REI out of state investor
19 February 2025 | 32 replies
@Byoung Bae  There are full-service turnkey solutions; just keep looking.
Mark Forest Matt Scott
20 January 2025 | 9 replies
Investors considering his services should be very careful.
Benjamin Ying First time investor needing some confidence!
5 February 2025 | 54 replies
Since relocating here, I've enjoyed expanding our own portfolio while also offering services to OOS investors looking to invest in Indiana.
Alex Silang From a finance perspective, how does investing in a high rate environment work?
28 January 2025 | 4 replies
Year 0: ($2,000 - $1,700) x (1 + 2%)^0 / (1 + 5%)^0 ≈ $300 in today’s buying power.Year 5: ($2,000 - $1,700) x (1 + 2%)^5 / (1 + 5%)^5 ≈ $260 in today’s buying power.Year 10: ($2,000 - $1,700) x (1 + 2%)^10 / (1 + 5%)^10 ≈ $225 in today’s buying power.Year 15: ($2,000 - $1,700) x (1 + 2%)^15 / (1 + 5%)^15 ≈ $194 in today’s buying power.So, if you purchase property in a city where rent increases at a slower pace than inflation, the amount of goods and services you can buy will decrease over time due to inflation.Here is what I recommend:Purchase in a city that possesses the following characteristics.Significant and sustained population growth.Rapid and sustained appreciationBalance negative cash flow, interest rate buydown, and increased down payment to create an acceptable cash flow situation today.Refinance when rates fall to increase cash flow.
Axel Scaggs Subject To deal while in underwriting for personal investment property
8 February 2025 | 10 replies
For comparison purposes, I hold ownership units in a LLC that owns a retail/service center where there is a mortgage loan that initially represented 50% of value, now about 35%.