Hi fellow BP'sHas anyone used or know of any feed back from other whether good or bad about Global Mortgage Group and their US subsidiary American Mortgages?

@Sam Leon The best way to cat-proof a property is not allowing them at all.

Loans are not a taxable eventThis is my favorite mechanic in the American tax codeIf you create equity in an asset (real estate or stocks) and then sell it you pay taxes, if you take a loan out you get the proceeds but pay no taxes (and in the case of real estate get tax benefits) and if your asset continues to appreciate you can take loan proceeds out over and over again. 

@Sam T.

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The lender I worked with (Heather Bookout with American Mortgage) has been very responsive.

Hey Sam!

Basically the same as above, but with it being a "place of lodging" more akin to a hotel/motel the applicable law is the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.Both FHA and ADA use the same terms of Service Animal and Emotional Support Animal....however each defines these completely different.Please Reference HUD Guidance Memo FHEO-2013-01 to get an overview on how each is defined.

The numbers looked pretty good in the beginning..purchase price 429,500Arv 565-575kHard money loan: this killed me16k (2 pts, 10%, 3 mo in advance)Construction insurance 1600/6 moW closing costs all in at 451kRenovations were estimated at 50k (actually 59k-roof and sewer replacement and radon, and the drywallers killed my furnace)6k additional hard money paymentsStaging2k57k left (assuming 575k sales price)Sale side closing costs 6k (open title)20k realtor commission 31kAnd after Uncle Sam takes his cut21.7k is left..I put in 162k of my own money to save on interest.And there you have it..  

We gave every tenant a $25.00 American Express gift card as a token and for the hard times everyone has experienced over the last year.