Would also recommend getting a business checking account and credit card so that your personal expenses aren't mixed in with rental property income/expenses.

In any case, we set up the date and time to speak with an attorney at which point he told me that it would be $149 and asked for my credit card information to complete the appointment.

Quote from @Ko Kashiwagi: Quote from @Bob Stevens: Quote from @Ko Kashiwagi: Hi Anna,Are you investing as a foreign national (with visa, Green card or ssn)?

Main Account - Checking account to set up transfers or draw money from for mortgage, insurance, taxes, etc. and I get a Baselane debit card (physical and virtual)2.

This move is a dream for both my fiancée and me, so it’s not something we'd reconsider.

One objection that is common now a days is the first mortgage rate being low and the home owner not wanting to lose that low first mortgage rate.The other objection is they want to use the Heloc like a credit card only making a payment on the portion that they use rather than the full amount.

If you had 50k in credit card debt for business startup costs (not real estate) with a 3-4-year plan to pay it off, high debt utilization in the meantime and a 620 credit score - but wanted to start investing in rental properties - what would you do with 20k that falls into your lap?

@Joe Villeneuve I have a similar situation, I have a 743 fico score, with a credit card that have a remaining 12,000 to pay off a 20,000 card.

I will get the luxurious dream vacation home down the line. 2.

I was recently laid off and have accumulated about $20,000 in credit card debt, primarily from paying last year's property taxes and covering a few months of living expenses.