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6 September 2012 | 28 replies
S8 Max's are3 BDRM $1775 -- 4 BDRM $2430Right now you can easily find 4 BDRMs for 100K or less.
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28 May 2012 | 21 replies
You lose:- benefits (such as medical) which are costly to get on your own- a source of recurring funds- some ability to get lines of credit of loans- ability to qualify for various loans at banks- a lot of your ability to get back in the job market several years later, if you change your mindIf you do, make sure you have a large cash cushion in the bank.
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3 March 2013 | 23 replies
You may get good news - rents easily, low vacancy, good long term tenants, willing to manage the property for you.
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20 June 2012 | 7 replies
Its a good idea till things go bad then you lose your house.
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22 November 2012 | 11 replies
But time will cost you - you will pay more in holding costs and lose rent for every day that is spent (and if not a rental, you might lose buyers due to not being ready for sale).
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10 October 2012 | 8 replies
Good land close in yet still in the count could easily run 20K per acre, so there you have another $40,000.So far I'm up to $215,000 and I'm, probably under what it would actually come out to be.
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17 November 2013 | 7 replies
The buyers are absolutely devastated by it as they will likely lose the house to a conventional buyer.
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4 June 2012 | 20 replies
But if I do, then so does he.We can easily pay the mortgage.
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1 June 2012 | 4 replies
With a pending tax sale, the owner will lose the home, so if the numbers make sense for you to pay the $19k, plus X amount for rehab, plus X amount to seller, then go for it.
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5 June 2012 | 7 replies
With the number of people losing their homes - many are shell shocked and will not want to own anything ever again.