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Robert Palladino First Rental, Closing Friday... Need Advice concerning Coronaviru
3 June 2020 | 10 replies
I took photos with a wide angle lens that I borrowed from work. 
Russell Brazil Be Greedy When Others Are Fearful
3 November 2021 | 72 replies
On the other hand, stock market have a shorter time to crash and recover compare to real estate, I agree with Russell Brazil, that it may be a good time to jump in to the stock market little by little (not all in), to dollar cost average the stock market by “CASH” only, not with any margin or other form borrowing.  
Karen Margrave NAR Guidelines -Realtors, Contractors, Home Inspectors, Title
23 March 2020 | 2 replies
NAR also signed a coalition letter(link is external) that would encourage Congress to provide readily accessible, unsecured credit to employers and self-employed individuals of all sizes to ensure they have the cash to pay their workers, rent, and other costs during this crisis:Suspend the filing of business returns and the payment of all business taxes to the federal government for the duration of the pandemic; and amend the Tax Code to, among other items, restore the ability of businesses to carryback any net operating losses against previous year tax payments;Suspend the application of the Section 163(j) limitation on interest expense deductions for tax year 2020 to avoid penalizing businesses for borrowing during this crisis; andSuspend the Section 461(l) loss limitation on pass-through businesses to allow businesses to full deduct any losses they incur this year.Essential Real Estate ServicesNAR is working with state associations, many of whom are reaching out to their Governors to request that certain real estate services be deemed “essential services” during emergency declarations.
Janelle Hicks Given Current News, would you Refi/ HELOC?
24 March 2020 | 6 replies
the time to borrow money is when you don't need it. 
Jonathan Wheeler HELOC using bank statements or stated income
25 March 2020 | 2 replies
Can anyone suggest a lender who might do a second position HELOC that verifies income for a self-employed borrower using business/personal bank statements or stated income instead of tax returns?
Gary L Wallman I have 2 houses under contract. Should I still close?
1 May 2020 | 19 replies
However, to facilitate this closing, we borrowed money from our reserve funds (capex, maintenance, vacancy, etc) and essentially those are zeroed out right now.
Simon C. Buying second property
13 June 2020 | 7 replies
Banks don't like to take risks @Simon Chen Applicants must prove that the borrower is not a risk.
Gil Segev BRRRR in a downturn market
23 March 2020 | 2 replies
If the RE market is crashing and banks have to deal with a growing number of foreclosures and lending related losses, they will probably apply stricter limitations and conditions for borrowers and usually this type of limitations are applied to investors first: lower LTV, higher interest rates, more reserves required, etc.- My expectation is that homes prices will drop faster and further relative to rent prices so a higher interest rate may not inhibit our ability to refinance and make BRRRR work.
Brent T Galbreath First time investor. Should I Pay in full or mortgage?
24 March 2020 | 9 replies
Lots of investors use cash-out refinances as part of the BRRR strategy to pull money out after rehabbing and increasing the ARV, but generally need to wait a 6 month seasoning period if the capital they used up front was borrowed somehow (hard money, private money).
Yoni Benimetzky Covid 19 - property managers chaos control
23 March 2020 | 2 replies
I don't foresee any lenders emailing their borrowers saying this months on us.