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20 April 2020 | 53 replies
The majority of the people I've seen promoting a strike are fully functional humans that will recover 100% of their income or more and they have no excuse.This is the problem with any government assistance program.
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29 June 2020 | 25 replies
I have some questions on whether to sign up for a forbearance or deferral program with our mortgage on our home and 2 STR's..
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2 April 2020 | 9 replies
The goal here is that the property needs to fit the math equation of the BRRRR as well...but more on that in a moment.When it comes to buying my primary home, I can buy with 5% down, 3.5% down, maybe 3% down and even LOWER with Downpayment Assitance Programs that would be available to me.
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31 March 2020 | 3 replies
Known as the Paycheck Protection Program, the initiative provides 100% federally guaranteed loans to small businesses.
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24 July 2021 | 41 replies
It is much easier to modify an existing program being run by the correct federal department than to run a program thru the bank.
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8 April 2020 | 14 replies
@Ann Bellamy, @Max K.Max,Ann B. is a trusted colleague and Black Diamond puts on a great program.
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3 April 2020 | 3 replies
If the property remains in your parents' name, there are mortgage programs for first time home buyers where the fees are included in the loan or even paid for by the lender.
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8 February 2021 | 88 replies
Appraisers do not exist in the world of mortgages because nobody else can figure out what the property is probably worth - any monkey can do that.Computer programs can not be programmed to calculate human objectivity as it translates into dollars.
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8 April 2020 | 4 replies
Does anyone have more information about this program?
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9 August 2020 | 1 reply
Do not do this program money hungry cons.