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12 August 2013 | 3 replies
I am shooting for a mortgage payment of about half of what I could get for renting.I do not want to buy something now if its going to ruin my chances of getting a loan for the house I am building.
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13 August 2013 | 2 replies
My name is Mike O'Neill and I am a 29-year-old Cancer who likes quiet evenings in and long walks on the beach a brand new real estate investor hoping to add real estate holdings to my savings and investment portfolio.
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10 April 2008 | 9 replies
Ruining the persons credit.4)Find a lender.
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13 March 2017 | 4 replies
The reason we were thinking condos is because we have seen local rentals with yards get completely ruined.
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17 October 2014 | 11 replies
I know i shouldn't rent to people i know, i know i shouldn't let one bad apple ruin the bunch etc etc.
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11 May 2015 | 7 replies
In 2013, my MIL was diagnosed with cancer, so we decided to buy, again sitting in the UK, in FL.
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28 January 2015 | 8 replies
Don't just go doing things in a SDIRA, I have seen it ruin people who didn't understand the laws.
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13 July 2017 | 8 replies
I was laid off in 2012 and diagnosed with cancer 3 months later while on unemployment (yes, I just celebrated my 5-yr survival!).
16 January 2018 | 19 replies
Nothing ruins friendships faster than misunderstandings over money.
11 May 2016 | 5 replies
My original land lord passed away from cancer at a young age.