BTW, I found this YouTube video on tourist traps and such in NOLA (since this will be my first visit).

I was born and raised in Dallas Texas and still live in Dallas ou try. so I know there is plenty to work on around here.  

@Sandy UhlmannJC born and raised, currently in Salt Lake.

If you need an agent, please reach out; I am local and born and raised in the city. 

Option 1: $100,000 mortgage balance$10,000 HELOC available credit, start with $0 balancePay $10,000 from HELOC to mortgage, resulting in $90,000 mortgage balance and $10,000 HELOC balanceOption 2:$100,000 mortgage balance$10,000 HELOC available credit, start with $0 balancePay $10,000 cash to mortgage, resulting in $90,000 mortgage balance and $0 HELOC balanceIn BOTH situations, the money is trapped in mortgage pay down.

Iʻm born & raised on the beautiful island of Maui & I am a REI Rookie! 

And it makes sense, since you were born after about 1985, your only experience with interest rates as an adult tells you that they should be below 5%.They touched below 5% for the first time ever in 2009, then they plunged below that in 2010 for a little over a decade. 

After consultation with a remediation company that I have used before several times; it was determined that even after cleaning and deodorizing that on some hot July day that the smoke residue trapped in the wall cavities could be re-activated and there could be renewed smoke smell. 

Moreover, with interest rates previously in the 3-4% range for many years, lots of would-be sellers are feeling “trapped” in their current homes, not wishing to swap their much lower rates for rates in the 7%+ range.

My parents were born and raised in MS and I had an uncle that lived in Jackson for a while.Anyway, there are probably 100 ways to find wholesale deals:driving for dollarsI Buy Houses signs and adsbillboard adscar magnet adsknocking on doorsdirect mailFSBOsauctionsthe MLSnetworkingGoogle adsCraigslistetc