I haven't had an agent knock on my door in YEARS.With the death of doorknocking went the death of the need for this marketing, IMO.

Purchase 54k repairs 2k seller credit 2k 50%rent 425 P&I 5.25% 290 cf/door/mo 135

Take away their home equity, and it rises to 2/3 of all Americans have Neg nw.

The landlord comes banging on the door and demanding to know what all the racket was about; asks why we're stomping around and yelling to each other.

I'm not saying do or don't pay up front.

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Even if rates do rise we're protected.Nonetheless, all the homes we've had to finance through a bank or mortgage company, were done so using a down payment from the HELOC.

However, the number of banks that opened their doors after the "holiday" was less than the number that had been open before.[44] This was his first proposed step to recovery.

My next door neighbor was robbed about a month ago, most likely while I was home, and I am dumbfounded how someone has the nerves to walk out of a house with a mattress (in your case) or a big screen tv and down a long set of steps, and a number of other big ticket items (in the case of my neighbor).Like Joshua mentioned, lights on timers are a good idea, but I imagine that these are not your garden variety criminals that are used to stealing packs of bubblegum from Walmart.

Don't listen to all the hyperbole here about what you "can't" do or what investors "never" do....you are an individual....and it's what YOU do that matters.