Play the long game

If you google search "Genworth PMI quote," "Radian PMI quote," and "National MI PMI quote" you can play around and see the variance, but again FHA is one-size-fits-all right from that gov't chart I linked from HUD.

these are cash and carry deals as noted above.. thats the exciting part of this.. those with true unsecured cash are the only one's who can play.. so it keeps the no money crowd and wholesalers at bay.. if your going to do this you need to find the rich uncle with the cash in the bank... you pay cash get your deed then take to a HML who will back fill your deal and you do it all again.

There are Aton If factors that can come into play though.

The big news here is that a class action law suit is going forward against the City of Bedford in the Northern District of Ohio contesting "all homeowners who were forced to endure government searches as a precondition to the sale of their homes are entitled to demand refunds of illegal “Point of Sale” inspection fees".A similar suit has already been adjudicated in the Southern District Courts in favor of prohibiting the practice as a sale requirement.41 communities in Northeast Ohio require some type of POS for title transfer which I'm sure is a source of income the cities don't want to see disappear.

A smart real estate play will always out perform what you are gaining on your retirement plan even after penalty and tax.

The argument to sell (just playing devil's advocate) is that $2,500/mo in rent on a property worth 495k is the not the best use of equity when you can buy a place for 230 and rent it for 1850/mo.

Real estate sales is like any sales: your reputation will play a huge factor, which in turn becomes a word of mouth situation.

There is strong rental demand.

I don’t have time to hire a bunch of subs and play GC on my side hustle when I am already managing twenty subs at my day job.