What’s the best loan besides an FHA loan to house hack a duplex? I have the option of using a physician loan as well (0-5% down payment) and avoids PMI that FHA has. If I’m trying to grow my portfolio of investment pr...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Memphis.
Purchase price: $150,000
Cash invested: $50,000
This property is a long-term play. It is in my favorite Memphis communit...
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Hi everyone;I wanted to ask about repair estimates. Do you pay an agent, appraiser, or partner wholesaler to walk every property and build your estimates, or do you ballpark them?
Aaron Mazzrillo (who has done a BP ...
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Just went and looked at a potential deal that is the first of its kind as far as my investing career goes.Single family home on a great street in a B neighborhood, historic city. There are some rough parts of this nei...
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What is (generally speaking) a "safe" amount of cash to have set aside for expenses before entering into a first deal? In my area I can find 3-4 unit properties around $120K (smaller town) so, obviously on an FHA loan...
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All - if you take the time to read this you will be much more informed for investing in Arizona Real Estate!Best of luck to all and please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! -JaredAffordability Index
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Sharing the Freddie Mac Worst Cities in terms of declining values. Boom towns zoom towns going down. Probably time to sell in Boise.
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Hi All,I was wondering what the typical spread is between interest rates for a conventional 30 yr loan for a primary residence vs. a rental property? My lender quoted me at 5.375% for rental property loan with 20% do...
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Hi Everyone, I recently signed up for Groundfloor to help diversify my portfolio. While looking at their available investments. A thought struck me, I am not entirely sure of the difference between a bad & good ...
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Background: I am 100% P&T with the VA. This means no funding fee, no property taxes here in the state of TX and I'm locked right now at an interest rate of 2.375%. It would be smarter for me to own rather than ren...