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15 July 2021 | 3 replies
NFIP 2.0 - What’s Changing with National Flood Insurance and Why You Should Care.It’s been a long time coming, but reform to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is on the way.Risk Rating 2.0 (that’s how we Flood Nerd-types refer to the reform) isn’t a complete government policy re-boot and it’s going to change the flood insurance market.
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14 July 2021 | 2 replies
Hey @Michael Speck, there are some programs out there for 20% down but traditionally lenders want to see 25%-30% depending on the property.
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28 July 2021 | 3 replies
@Mario Casarez hey Mario, Id agree with @Paul Welden - HomeStyle is a great renovation loan program (and is still available) to jumpstart your BRRR investing, but it really depends on a few factors to determine which loan option is best between Homestyle, 203k, hard money, etc.
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15 July 2021 | 5 replies
I am assuming you maybe have your IAHSP staging certification or some similar qualifications and training.
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15 July 2021 | 3 replies
There are so many great programs out there for house hacking. 3% down conventional, NACA, Bank of America down payment assistance, the list goes on.
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14 July 2021 | 1 reply
So, I ask, is there any type of loan or program that I would qualify for when my credit score is finally posted?
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15 July 2021 | 5 replies
People still fall behind on taxes every day and that can cause negative equity situations as well and can be found if the state you are looking into has public tax lien certificates or even just posts the delinquent properties online.
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15 July 2021 | 5 replies
I would go for a house hack and utilize some programs that allow you to put little down.
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16 July 2021 | 2 replies
There's an actual real estate college degree; and within the MBA program there's a real estate concentration.Subjects that could certainly fuel an investor's rise to empire besides just accounting and business could be architecture (evaluating structures), psychology (negotiation), economics (noticing trends in a market), statistics (various areas of investing), and there are probably more that aren't popping into my head at the moment.
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16 July 2021 | 1 reply
Checkout TLDR below.I recently came across this article where I read about California's proposed subsidy for housing purchase. https://www.businessinsider.com/california-dream-for-all-program-senate-democrats-new-home-costs-2021-6.