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26 September 2008 | 47 replies
Buying has any number of downside risks which leasing will avoid.
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19 July 2014 | 2 replies
And hearing about the down side of listing their house from someone who actually does it might make that discussion sound less "sales-pitchy" and less of a pressure tactic.I want to position myself as someone who truly wants to help the seller, not as an investor who is trying to make money off them, so I think offering the options would work toward that.
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22 September 2014 | 36 replies
The only downside is if you do not know about a non payment is that the local utility will not chase after the tenant for a bill after they move out.
14 May 2015 | 55 replies
Yet, the downside, you have to pay interest on the loan.
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24 July 2015 | 5 replies
The only downside is it's 10 years old now and I'm sure things have changed since then.
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3 June 2015 | 54 replies
The downside is that it seems to move apart over time.
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29 December 2016 | 10 replies
I see only upside, and do downside to this approach.
23 September 2014 | 9 replies
The down side of this approach is that you don't get to determine the end date.
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3 March 2015 | 1 reply
Especially when you have too many properties or can't otherwise qualify for standard bank money.The downside is that it's not as cheap as fannie/freddie bank money.
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15 January 2015 | 9 replies
The downsides are that you would need to live in one of the units (if this is a downside to you), and that there is a high PMI with FHA loans.