If you have the money to burn then sure, smarten up the walls.

I almost got burned by that!

After all, they put dollars in their pocket whilst burning a hole through yours.

With that amount of money you need to be careful because it is easy to burn through money in real estate. 

That way the PMI eventually burns off without having to refinance it because you probably will be living elsewhere in 1 year and won’t be able to get a 3-3.5% loan for 30 years at that point.

We did that to build a 4 bedroom (the prior house was 3 bedroom, which burned down).

But it has been slowing recently and seeing more DOM/longer to sell in luxury SFR markets and lower priced investment neighborhoods that have been burning hot for the past couple of years.I think we may see a plateau in prices locally or at least more balanced market this year for sure.

I was pretty pissed hence I mailed it back to the citing officer & demanded an explanation from 5 yrs  growth to 3 weeks growth and then asked that they burn their citation (bad on my part but I was out done). the owner is deceased & im the second tax certificate purchaser where the first purchaser is deceased — so im kinda stuck with this one and I’m just keeping the yard up until I can get a deed.  

@Natalie Schanne first, I wouldn’t let the cash burn a hole in your pocket even though you are paying 3.5% on it.

With COVID in place some lenders will NOT look at your rental income period for the DTI.I got burned by that a few months ago and they didn't hit me with that until the 11th hour.