
23 May 2016 | 3 replies
30-40k liquid#1: Anti-American DreamFHA/203k loan (max in our area is 271k, 3.5% down, and PMI)buy a du/tri/quad-plex live in one side for a year and rent other sidesMove after a year. rinse repeat.#2: Semi-American DreamFHA loan/203k to buy SFH for me and my wife to live in, live in 1 year move etc.Conventional loan on much smaller du/tri/quad-plex (100-150k)#3: American dreamConventional loan, get the biggest 30 year note we can and dont think about investing, of course get a white picket fence. ( ; haha

21 October 2016 | 25 replies
We are dealing with hundreds of Chinese investors looking to acquire American homes so we have seen tons of these stories so a very interesting topic.Here is an article around the use of a Chinese ATM card to buy insurance policies.

14 February 2016 | 25 replies
Will there be a viable gold-backed cryptocurrency, a SDR (Special Drawing Right), "North American Currency" as the BRICS nations, Asians and Europeans have their own?

8 April 2016 | 15 replies
I do believe that just by being a reasonable landlord we can make a bit of a difference already, but I'd love to hear some stories about other ways we can contribute to society.

10 March 2016 | 5 replies
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27 April 2016 | 7 replies
Might as well collect section 8 if money does not motivate.Our society values money more than anything else, those that value it the most will work the hardest, persevere through all obstacles and make the most.

25 July 2016 | 46 replies
Along that same line - offer it up as the setting for the next season of American Horror Story =)
13 August 2021 | 96 replies
Every time that a new school would be built you would have white flight away from the previous boom, leaving only African Americans in the old school zone, and then property prices and quality of life take a hit.

17 July 2012 | 25 replies
What's more amazing to me is that it was built in a time that most Americans might consider some of the homes we live in today as mansions.
26 January 2014 | 18 replies
It's also been well established in lending that Asian borrowers tend to live on much less than us fat, must have it now type Americans, savings is generally higher, just saying, don't apply your personal expectations as to your life style on others, stay neutral and see what their life style is through general conversation.I'm not trying to push you toward accepting these folks but skimming the top with ratios and assumptions may lead to losing very good tenants.Those pets probably won't cost a hundred bucks, my two monster dogs were only a hundred bucks.Again, how long is this situation reasonably expected to exist of relying only on the royalty income?