For colleges with a large international student base, MTR can work because parents will stay longer, but for short-term and likely for UTA, short-term would work, but also would expose you to way more occupancy.

Lenders will qualify you based on the rental income covering the full mortgage payment. 

Based on the court foreclosure documents, there are automatic silent liens of estate/inheritance tax from the NJ as well US.

I've also started to assemble a potential team based in the Beaufort area, including attorneys, property inspectors, and an accountant.

So, I get it, why many here don't see the value, it is probably based on personal experience.

We are based in Oregon, but I’d be open to investment from anywhere. 

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I'd probably lean more towards Richardson than Carrollton based on what the people I know say about schools. 

For more serious projects, we do an engineering-based cost seg with Cost Segregation Services. 

A heloc add another trade line to your credit and can cause issues with fico scores dropping or DTI going up causing issues with credit limits or other risk based issues.Regarding the $4K in closing costs that is pretty much the standard for a loan amount of $100 to $150K.