Buy your next property with all cash, fix it up with cash, and then do a cash-out refinance afterward.

Buy a quality couch from a US manufacturer and their fabrics are usually excellent.

If you use the extra $100k of cash you receive to just...live on, buy a jetski, take a trip to Disney, (any personal use) the interest for that portion of the loan will not be deductible. 

I'm thinking about buying a property in NC.

The process of buying, getting a loan and settling to closing was extremely smooth.

I buy, add value, and build from the ground up.You are retired, and based on your picture, you are not old.

Investment Info:Townhouse buy & hold investment.

Here is a solid summary from an internet search that will give you all you need to move forward:"A notice to terminate a property management agreement is a written communication to the property management company that informs them of the intention to end the contract.

I'm not sure who is buying that paper at 85% but I hear its out there somewhere.

They've now ended that policy and are now offering incentives to have more children.In Italy & Japan you can buy houses cheap in abandoned villages.