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Combining both options can get you into a new 1-2 unit property with minimal down payment.203K: A 203K is another loan product offered by the FHA.

Will the company who is willing to combine all of your loans charge you a fee to do this? 

In fact, one can argue, you should give up MORE equity because your investor is taking on all the risks.If however, you qualify for financing and the investor brings in the 20%-30% equity, then you can do 70-30 (in your favor).You can also structure it as combination of debt and equity just to make the deal sweeter for the investor.If you and the investor are buying the property 100% cash, the investor can get 6% on his money as debt and at the same time, be a 50% owner of the property.

These bad experiences were easy to prevent: taxes in Shaker are notoriously high plus POS with 200% in escrow etcArea of Cleveland Hts north off Noble also is widely known: bad combination of high CL.Hts taxes and Cleveland schools.All it would take a honest decent RE agent to warn him......but Nobody did.I’m not trying to market myself - I have hands full and won’t take on new clients......I just feel bad that people avoid investing all together only because they didn’t know the location!

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An old roof without leaks is a fully functional roof. 

It all depends on how much that will increase the sale price and if it creates a usable, functional space. 

Hi Matthew, Some investors may allow up to a 90% combined loan to value assuming credit and income is enough to support the loan. 

@Zach Bollman - I wish there were those types of reviews out there, but it's really a combination of networking and trial/error.