In my mind, it only makes sense that the Fed is going to feel better and better about letting interest rates rise as job health is restored.I know many think that interest rates will rise based solely on the fact of the government printing money; however, that theory has been getting tossed around since the housing crash, and there has been very little inflation.

If the market is healthy and buyers are paying full price for MLS listed property the bank will not want to take a low ball offer.

The deal should be able to support paying the added cost and still leave you with a healthy profit.

The fact is that no one has any idea what the market will look like a month from today so jumping into a project with a long timeline that hinges on a healthy market is very risky.

My understanding from the book, is it is important to purchase a property with a healthy amount of equity in the deal from the get go.

Add in a very healthy security deposit and I bet you can find people willing to take this risk. 

If this credit union will do it, great for you.When you’re in acquisition mode, don’t forget to keep healthy reserves.

Prefer to have no load bearing pillars if we can avoid them without too much more cost.We have soil and elevations from site survey just passed to us by the seller so shouldn't be a problem, but we still have to select our civil (should be by end of the week).As per insulation requirements would we have to ask the county or how would we figure that out?

Also, due to my mother's mental health, I have PoA over all her affairs including her home where she owes 45k with an interest rate of 6.9.

There's often unpleasantness when too-low rents have lulled tenants into a distorted sense ofa) the marketb) implied cost of regular maintenancec) healthy living conditionsd) the imperative of growing income, managing spending