The last thing you want to do is invest two or three thousand dollars into being an agent, then having to drop out because you can't afford to be an agent.

You will still owe him the interest, but can hopefully put it off for a few months while you get your longer-term financing in order.If you can afford to pay 12-14% then try to secure something like a prepayment penalty to keep your rate low.

Hey Ed,20% down on investment property, new ARM products, amort @ 30yrs, 3yr-3%, 5 yr-3.5%, 10 yr-4%.

Marking up a product or service is part of doing business.

I giggled a bit when you said you want to continually be improving your properties because most of us want to get nice rentals and not have to always be fixing them up (you know how things hit you sometimes when you are speed reading).But it sounds lovely that you want to provide a quality product to good people.

We haven’t given up completely on multi unit and may have to go a couple hours out of area to find a property we can afford and still have a reserve for unforeseen repairs.

He's unsure if she just cannot afford the new payment or if the tenant is taking advantage of her because she knows he is selling and likely wont go through the eviction process.He offered to me to begin the eviction process but doesn't want to wait for the process to complete to close with me.

It's VERY hard to evict in MA and if they can't afford the unit + baby, you're screwed.

Hainey on Green Acres (if you're old enough) he just flipped signs on his truck to sell what ever product or service was applicable to the situation. :)

does anyone know any Good AFFORDABLE handymen/ plumbers in Memphis, TN?