The other tenant believes he slashed his tires because 2 days prior, he had knocked on his door at night and told him to stop messing with his car.

So your creating another payment which adds to your monthly DTI just for the down payment.One way to actually use a HELOC is to take the money out 3-4 months prior to the purchase and put it into your checking or savings account. 

Let’s take the bull case…there is already upward pressure on the real estate market, but only in Tokyo and this was prior to the negative interest rates.

That one was 44 days from the day I won the bid until the day I took possession.With both properties, I had all my inspections and construction bids done prior to bidding on the property.  

I'm interested in real, representative data sets that could be downloaded to do analysis on prior cycles, historical deal valuations, etc; at both the local and macro levels.  

Hi everyone, Hoping to get some insight/ideas on the 3 questions below, prior to confirming with legal counsel.

We opened a Heloc on our primary ($60k) and plan to use that for the down payment.I have not spoken with lenders but from my prior experience I'm assuming we will have a min down payment of 15%.We would likely do a one-time "draw" at around 6.5-7% interest on the Heloc for the down payment.My question would be is it better to put 20% down and not pay PMI but pay 7% interest on that extra 5% down.OR Better to put 15% down, Pay PMI, but amortize that 5% at ~4.5% interest over 30 years?

Nonetheless, both Landlord and Tenant should discuss prior to the end of the original lease term whether or not they wish to continue the tenancy beyond the original lease term and if so, enter into a new rental agreement accordingly.

Our wholesaling connections make 5 times that amount per deal, we obviously would be in the wrong business.Here's a scenario - investor buys deal on or off-market for less than market value, gets a rehab estimate prior to closing (except Sheriff Sale acquisitions, that's a site-unseen purchase), we carry out the rehab at lower than average rates, and manage the property long-term.

And it seems that prior to last September, you could apply for a DBA locally with the county.