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19 February 2023 | 11 replies
What's more likely, interest rates will rise up to their historical average or that they will go down and these new low levels will be the new normal?
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24 April 2010 | 10 replies
Red Sea, Cairo, and tremendous Egyptian historical sites.
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25 January 2023 | 22 replies
@Briana MartinBeginning investors need to STOP believing all the fluff about rental investing, especially with the overheated real estate market trending to historic norms.
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11 January 2023 | 10 replies
It is still a low rate historically.
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13 January 2023 | 2 replies
I've historically preferred the university students as they typically come with a co-signer for add security for myself.
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27 February 2020 | 5 replies
Whether you do it through a bank, lender, hard money or private money there are items that you can't get out of.But the most important closing costs to be aware of are:Origination fee or broker fee (% of the loan amount) — Typically includes all the small fees charged by your lender or broker to set up the loanTitle insurance ($300-$2,500+) — Fees paid to check historical records and make sure the property can be legally transferred to youEscrow fees ($350-$1,000+) — Fees paid to a third-party “escrow company” that handles funds and facilitates the home saleHome appraisal ($500-$1,000+) — Fee to evaluate the home’s fair sale price or refinance valuePrepaid taxes and insurance ($1,000-$4,500+) — Generally you pay six months to a year of property taxes and homeowners insurance in advance when you closeWhen you buy a house, the closing costs typically fall between two and five percent of the sale price.
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10 February 2023 | 3 replies
And, the truth is, interest rates are historically speaking still pretty reasonable right now.
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27 October 2016 | 36 replies
All one really has to do is look at the US Census historical growth patterns and you will see the population explosions in the Texas Triangle which consists of San Antonio, Houston, Dallas and Austin on the I35 Corridor.
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28 April 2020 | 4 replies
Hi expert investors,My husband's family inherited a large, gorgeous, historic 4 bedroom, 2+ bath, 3500 square-foot home in mid-state (upstate) New York (university town).