One last idea, if you are on friendly terms with your neighbors, offer a gift card, dinner or (fill in the blank) in return for cutting up your tree and hauling it.

When I see that 60% LTV will not work, rather than jumping to 55% LTV, I walk it down - 59, 58, etc, as you can see.

BP offers a wide range of helpful tools to enhance your knowledge. 

if hvac is really, really old, you could try shopping a "home warranty" that doesn't have hvac caps and exclusions and just get it for "systems." i know AHS used to offer those a while back, but even they started capping to to 3k or something silly.

A refinance that only pays off the existing balance (plus any costs) is considered a rate and term refinance and should offer lower mortgage rates and costs due to simplicity.

You will meet people from different walks of life that will give you different perspectives on real estate investing.

I've bought numerous properties with none of my own money - but you have to work to find these deals and make a lot of offers, and hear a lot of no's.

I offer an easy-out agreement to the owner, but don't want to lose out on monthly fees for longer stays. 

I attempted to ask to defer payments until it is rented but the seller will only offer interest only payment at 7%. 

Yet because my house is in a close radius to the beach (only 2.5 miles as the crow flies--the 7 miles is what it takes to a drive out, around, then over the bridge), it seems like PriceLabs is using on-the-beach or walk-to-the-beach properties as comparables, and this may be leading to dynamic prices that are too high.I am not sure exactly how to fix this.