This is an option to consider and many larger banks/credit unions and nationwide mortgage lenders have released new loan programs allowing 2nds, HELOANS and HELOCS.

A 7.0 releases some 32 times the amount of energy as the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima. https://www.omnicalculator.com/other/earthquakeI am fully aware and well versed. 

But might help others avoid this pitfall…when a mortgage is transferred between banks, I’m learning they don’t record a lien release with the county. 

@Kelly Taylor If you are going to invest more in RE, wait until you have released losses to do the Roth conversion.

If someone's not truly interested, I want those dates released ASAP.

In working on construction loan financing, the lender informed me I'll need to unencumber that portion of the property (makes sense) before closing on the construction loan.I understand there to be two methods generally speaking: refinancing my mortgage and removing that portion of the property in the process OR attaining a partial release from the lender to remove that land.I *strongly* want to avoid refinancing as I have an amazing rate, but partial releases seem complex and also require a survey.

The title company cannot find a release for the loan from 1998 and says they need proof from the seller that it was paid.

Tip #1 - no such thing as one perfect market There is lots of data on Bigger Pockets and MTR experts that have released rankings of top cities for next year, but remember it's not just about the purchase-- it's also about the operation.

I just wanted to let you know that thanks to your feedback RentRedi released an update that lets you opt-out of sending a tenant an email invite immediately.

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