If you have to put everything on credit cards so you can pay your Contractors, or find a small loan for it, go that route.

And with a cash-deal it’s not like you worry about DTI, credit scores, etc.  

At some point values will not move up year over year but there will not be a crash like 2007 because that was caused by easy credit then the collapse of the credit markets.

I'm wanting to know how to assess fair market value, if I'm using the right phrase.  

We have excellent credit and are looking at 15 yr fixed rate.  

Ok I'm fairly well versed on these things but how do you get $200k 0% credit cards?

Well, sadly (for the truckers), it means a fair number of them are going to lose their homes and enter the rental market.

(All this versus a heloc/line of credit, where one is not paying a monthly payment, unless the money is used, and then it can be paid back and used again over, right?

Also see if the university has any free bus routes as students will also tend to live in those locations.Advertising suggestion: student newspapers are a fairly popular source for finding housing

I've never used a personal mortgage for investment purposes, so my investor loans don't show on my personal credit report.