My mantra this year is to not confuse "busy" or "working hard" with "productive." 

However, if you have a 401(k) with your work, or a different retirement product that is allowed to borrow against, IRS allows up to $50k borrowed. 

Unless you’re planning on fixing toilets anyway but that’s counter productive.

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There is an FHA loan product called the FHA 203K.

Thank you, I’ll look into them, I like that they have all the locations and have some good looking deals on rates and products.  

It's worth talking with all of your local banks and CUs about the products they offer.

Your realtor is talking about the STAR program which is a property tax credit and exemption (not a reduction or change in assessment) for those that use their home as a primary residence.

Some database products allow you to define fields that you can use for reporting criteria.