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9 July 2024 | 4 replies
Other details: I live, and work and the home I purchased is in Cape Coral, Florida.
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10 July 2024 | 2 replies
My husband and I purchased a 2 family house that was fully occupied with tenants, intending to live in the first floor.
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9 July 2024 | 22 replies
@Matteo Girlando one thing to consider is find private money, make a cash purchase and let it season if your lender has any title seasoning requirements.
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9 July 2024 | 2 replies
To facilitate a 1031 exchange where you are deferring 100% of the gain, you would need to purchase a replacement property that is equal or greater in value to the total sale price, less closing expenses.
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8 July 2024 | 4 replies
My second property I just purchased in January, a 3 bedroom 1 bath condo that rents for 1,300.
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10 July 2024 | 16 replies
Decide which one you like best, and use that to submit a purchase contract, and have lender number 2 on the backburner in case lender 1 falls through. gl my dude
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7 July 2024 | 5 replies
I have two clients that have used it to start house hacking in Chicago.
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9 July 2024 | 2 replies
He is charging $175 for Word document he has and I want to make sure that it will be useful for me to use on my SFR rental before I purchase it.Pls let me know what are your thoughts on it.Anna Lee is from Dallas.
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9 July 2024 | 2 replies
I’m looking to purchase my second property (hopefully a duplex) and believe using a home equity loan is the best way to tap into my equity to use as a down payment since my mortgage rate is 2.5%.
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9 July 2024 | 6 replies
In this method, the buyer makes regular payments to the seller over a set period and then makes a large final payment (balloon payment) to complete the purchase