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Micah Dingler 6th rental investment purchase
27 July 2021 | 0 replies
conventional loan How did you add value to the deal?
Ben Gradert Airbnb / Short-term financing
3 September 2021 | 10 replies
@Ben Gradert I’m not sure where you were located, but many investors use the conventional 10% down vacation home loan for their Airbnb properties.
Christine Walthall Hold or sell and switch to BRRRR?
20 August 2021 | 1 reply
Just purchased a SFH with a conventional loan and 20% down.
Jamel Brewton Have a question about obtaining Capital for Hard Money Lender DP
19 August 2021 | 2 replies
The first thing you need to do if you are planning to keep the home for a long-term rental is get approved for the take-out conventional loan first.
Kahleb Kelsey VA Loan Refinance Dillema
31 January 2022 | 5 replies
I am pretty confident that I have enough equity to refinance out of the VA loan into a conventional loan so that I can reuse my VA loan to get into another property. 
Kahleb Kelsey VA Loan Refinance Dillema
19 August 2021 | 0 replies
I am pretty confident that I have enough equity to refinance out of the VA loan into a conventional loan so that I can reuse my VA loan to get into another property.
Joshua Huss House Hacking financing question
20 August 2021 | 5 replies
My mortgage lender is telling me that we would have to put 30% down on a conventional loan to purchase a multi-family even if it will be owner occupied.
Anthony Carrasquillo How do you know you have a good hard money loan lender?
21 August 2021 | 6 replies
I have a pre approval for a conventional loan at the moment but I would like to know what things do you look for when seeking out a hard money loan?
Eric Samuels Should I shop for a lender or go off recomendation?
20 August 2021 | 10 replies
Got another quick question: I’m still not fully set on if I want to house hack a larger multi family or get a single family on a conventional loan and rent out.
Brenden Kanakaole Seller Offers Concessions
19 August 2021 | 2 replies
If the seller admits home has foundation issues and is willing to negotiate concessions would that automatically cancel conventional financing?