You’d be shocked by how little actual screening many PMC’s do!

I'm thinking the liquidity of the HELOC would be great to pull the trigger on a good deal when it comes and I don't want to pay interest on taking out money I'm not actually using yet since I haven't found a property yet.  

Hey everyone, I was researching financial and real estate podcasts aside from bigger pockets that discuss the market condition in the US (and maybe the world).

I am married but my husband is clearly not interested, or never thinks it's the right time, (market, elections, not enough time etc), honestly I think he's just afraid.

They have a real estate specific version and while it's $700 a month + $2k setup fee, it absolutely blows everything else out of the water as it's tailored specifically for real estate agents.Here's an article from realgeek about it: http://www.realgeeks.com/blog/infusionsoft-marketing-real-estate-agents/

pid=2107Houston Real Estate Highlights in July, 2024:-Single-family home sales rose 1.8 percent year-over-year;-Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes went from 42 to 44 days;-Total property sales were down 2.1 percent with 8,969 units sold;-Total dollar volume increased 4.4 percent to $3.8 billion;-The single-family median price increased 2.9 percent to $350,000;-The single-family average price rose 4.7 percent to a record high of $445,440; -Single-family home months of inventory registered a 4.3-months supply, up from 3.1 months last July;-Townhome/condominium sales continued to decline, falling 19.5 percent, with the median price up 0.7 percent to $221,500 and the average price declined 0.8 percent to $261,123.

Actually Mitch, you are allowed to do repairs on the property; however, you are not allowed to upgrade or increase the value of the property.

I can't speak to this exact builder or market, but I can say that many production builders offer huge closing costs, but it's often a marketing ploy and they know that you can't use at least a big chunk of that. 

I actually just want to rent it out and keep the equity in it.im pulling out of my 401k for a down payment and my wife is going to pull 50k out of her trust fund for rehab cost on the 2nd house.i was mainly talking about after i rehab the second house(will be my new primary).

Pocket listings are basically off-market deals - Properties that are available for sale but are not listed on the MLS.