You'll have a challenge to balance your time between the rehab and the new marriage.

Your loan balance, assuming 30 year loans, will be only slightly less than now.

He buys them at auctions, and he said the way I'd do it w/ a credit card is to have a preapproval ltr w/ me at the auction, use the card for the down payment, & then immediately refinance the loan and pay off the card balance, or when writing up the loan docs specify that the credit card is to be paid off w/ the loan--something to that effect.

They are much happier with how far their money goes in a market that is a very good balance of appreciation and cash flow. 

Hi,I am looking to do a 1031 exchange and am wondering what is the amount of the house I would have to buy to hit my reinvestment goal for the 1031 exchange.the current property: purchase price $515,000sell price :$660,000principle balance: $383,700

The wealthy landowners took advantage of the vulnerable and desperate and created working agreements that were in no way balanced.

It's a balancing act, you want to do things right but you also don't need to do more than necessary but at the same time it's often easier, faster, and actually cheaper to just rip things out and start from scratch. 

With your schedule it will be a balancing act.  

I have been pre-approved for a loan, have financing ready to go, and am ready to pull the trigger but have hit a roadblock that my cash balance and geography have created.  

Is there a mortgage and balance?