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18 July 2020 | 17 replies
From Danny- I personally believe the government will intervene in some way to either prevent this or mitigate it somehow.
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21 July 2020 | 33 replies
All I can say is our government today reminds me of my beloved Chicago Bears during the late 60's and 1970's.
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21 July 2020 | 5 replies
Three reasons: (1) the federal government is still in the driver's seat with Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, so those mortgages will get deferred or worked out in some way; politicians got killed last time for the foreclosure rate, so they are not going to let it happen again and (2) the fundamental structure around loan origination is a million times better than it was in the run up to 2008; between 01 - 07 you did not need a license to originate a loan once Dodd-Frank passed and licensing became the standard a lot of bad loan officers got out of the business, and (3) Banks also tightened up their verification standards ( I know the standards are still relatively loose) but 4506T forms were not used between 01 - 07, so people lied about their income; after 2008, banks started to use 4506T forms to verify tax returns.
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21 July 2020 | 4 replies
@Gitit Hefetz, Another colleague on BP recommended I check out this website, when I too, asked about ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units): https://maxablespace.com/Like what DJ said above - because of the housing shortage, the government has been a lot more lenient and has actually been pushing for the creation of these detached or attached ADUs in properties.
21 July 2020 | 11 replies
Lower rent and property taxes on commercial property, not to mention slightly lower cost of living and moving away from the tax-and-spend state and local governments here in NY, etc..
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19 July 2020 | 4 replies
Interest rates are at an all time low...https://www.valuepenguin.com/mortgages/historical-mortgage-rates#:~:text=The%20mortgage%20rates%20trend%20continued,the%20history%20of%20mortgage%20rates.We have government throwing money at the economy with the stimulus bills and there is another round of stimulus being talked about.
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1 August 2020 | 2 replies
I have a unique situation where I may be medically retired from my government job due to an on the job injury (back surgery/nerve damage) I am still able to do physical things but may not be able to stay in the job based upon it's requirments (Law Enforcement).
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19 August 2020 | 8 replies
All of this the government said for food and rent so people wouldn't be evicted.
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20 July 2020 | 13 replies
The fourth is a government program that takes 2 months to receive rents so I won't get the rent until September, and the last one is an offer I gave the tenant that if she paid rent on time every month I would give her the last month for free.
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29 July 2020 | 15 replies
@Broderic Dytoc secondary market- 2nd hand properties like previous owners, bank/government foreclosures.