Have any of you considered or do any of you put that money into a CD equal to the length of the lease so you can gain a significantly greater amount of interest on that money you will hold onto for the foreseeable future rather than letting it sit in a low yield savings account.

If it is really low, I would take a look at the aggregate cost of your debt once adding the HELOC.

We're finding plenty that allow for low down payment financing, including FHA.  

We got low interest and had the money in 2 days.

I'll use myself as an example.I wouldn't call myself a master salesman (not in-person, anyway) - but I am pretty good at finding properties at a very, very low price.

I am a big people person and would love to meet as many of you as possible and hopefully get a heavy dose of local RE happenings.  

She has a doctorate In psych and says In her experIance any low level quack counselor can write that slIp up for a person to get a mutt approved for somebody who stumbles into their office for a half hour of therapy.

@Darrick Lowe A few things to keep in mind:* If your current PR is within 100 miles of the new PR, and doing an FHA loan, then you will not be able to use rental income from the current PR to qualify for FHA financing.

Obviously, their mortgage payments have been quite low, but our PITI payments will be roughly $2100/mo. 

If the value came in low enough you can still work on lowering the taxes, but otherwise getting credit for an extra bedroom per unit is a good thing.