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Am in the process of purchasing a SFH that my agent had never once informed me any HOA fee involved, though he’d checked those boxes that said seller shall pay for HOA transfer fee and seller pay HOA document preparation fees on page 2 0f 8 from purchase contract; item 4 E.3) & 4) (which I later found out from my friend who‘s an agent also); where I’d let it slipped; just went by his verbalization when he’d went over the contract with me; he did told me none of those fees on page 2 concerned me and they’re all paid by seller with the exception of 50/50 escrow fee; without further scoping into the itemizations which he should’ve had; so should I.

I saved most of it overtime and by selling a few expensive items that I owned.

Originally posted by "deeperpockets":Apparently sharing GREAT info is spam.No . . . posting an ad pitch in the middle of a conversation is SPAM.

Most of the conversation on this site is in regard to commercial financing.

Probably an easy answer to an easy question, but - When I begin to call banks and inquire about their lending capability, would I begin my conversation by asking something along the lines of: "I'm an investor and am looking for an LTV based mortgage?"

You'll have to do a condo conversion.

You'll also have other prepaid items like a appraisal, insurance, inspections, and surveys.Rental:You have your total acquisition costs as a starting point.

If you come to a sticking point in your conversation with a seller don’t sit and dwell on it.

I just say hello, my name and how can I help you.......and just build a conversation towards the info you want.I stopped using auto messages for buying homes a year ago.