Instead, they typically provide cash for a percentage of your home's value (usually up to 30%) in exchange for a share of future house price appreciation.

If you are paying a premium to just win the lien to make interest, most redeem with in the first year so even on houses and properties that will redeem 99.9% of the time, who would pay more than a few % over for those because you are not going to make much in interest and if they redeem in the first couple months you will lose money on all of those.

I'd love to hear about other people's experiences in the area and what they think about the future for Raleigh as it continues to grow in comparison to places like Charlotte or Austin. 

A residential loan is a mortgage loan on a house, condo, townhouse, duplex, triplex, or four-plex.

Hopefully, they know what they are doing and advise you to kill the deal, but continue to negotiate.This can be done with a simple counter-offer asking for more Due Diligence time.

So there - I don't think helocs are a long term solution, but until we get to the point that rates are sufficiently low, we can use them to get equity from homes and continue to grow our portfolio.

I went into Ohio market 12 years ago, alongside with continuing to invest in Canada, and sure glad I did. 

@Casey HamptonThe capital gains tax scenario for selling a primary house entails excluding up to $250,000 in gains as a single filer and $500,000 as a married couple filing jointly.

Hey,I a house under contract that has structural issue, a pretty serious one.

This changes everything for house-hackers and investors seeking multi-units.