I'm not sure, but I think with a HELOC, we can access more of our primary's equity than we could have with a cash out. 

Remember, you can only access around 70-75% of the value of the property in a refinance so that extra 25-30% of your money is sitting dead unless you decide to sell the home.

They claimed that if they get evicted, the wife, husband and 5 kids would be homeless as they have no place to go (mind you, we THINK this is a 2 bedroom unit - they haven’t allowed us access to the unit).

I want to BRRRR this.I confirmed the square feet with the city tax assessor, and he told me that the previous owner never allowed him access to the home because he did not want to pay the city taxes for an extra 2500 sq. ft.

That is $11 million per year more, more than 5,000 paper records are sent to my CPA every year and every single transaction is recorded in software I create with MS Access and every transaction in my software matches every piece of paper and the digital files are sent to my CPA in the Excel file format with (and I will count them right now.

With an in-service distribution, she may have access to transfer at least some of the 401k funds to a self-directed IRA or a Solo 401k while she still works for that employer.

Having a license is great for access, but what a lot of novice investors miss is a good agent will provide a lot more than just the access to the house.

I need some input on how to gain access to my duplex's equity.

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Do I walk into a bank and say, "Hey, can you help me access the equity in my primary residence?"