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Are y’all looking for houses that are vacant (and basically unlivable)? Or houses that are currently occupied but could use some work? Or both?If occupied… are you buying tenants out of their leases? I imagine hard mo...
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A local loan officer at Summit Funding in Stockton wrote the following..."The maximum LTV for a 2-unit property is 85% plus it is required that you have 6 months reserves PITI. To give you an idea what that looks lik...
If I buy a house with an FHA loan or conventional loan, how long do I have to wait to buy another house with another FHA loan or conventional loan? I assume that getting a mortgage in my name will lower my credit scor...
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First Post! I've been trying to buy a home/deal in the Dallas area for the past 1.5 months. From analysis it has been difficult to be competitive in my offer because I'm going lower than others after accounting for th...
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Countless times, I've heard the question asked "How much do I need in reserves?" While the answer tends to vary based on the investors' risk tolerance, I thought I would share my experience. As a background, I live in...
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I am looking at purchasing a duplex for 80k. I have 30k in equity on my primary residence. I am going to use this for the 20% down. This would be my second property. The lender I got my first mortgage through is sayin...
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I’m looking to invest in Multifamily both residential and commercial. My plan was to house hack my first deal I find whether that’s duplex - fourplex with my wife and kids. Then after I save enough money for another D...
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I am new to investing in real estate and I need help clarifying a property I am looking at for purchasing as an investment. On the listing it says it is being sold as a single family residence. It also states that it ...
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Hi , everyone how many 5% conventional loan or fha loan can I have at a time for multi units property on "primary residence " and how can i use this strategy to scale ,i.e buying property every year to aq...
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Working on a deal and would love to hear the collective thoughts of everyone here. This would be my fifth single family residence. I walked through it yesterday and there do not seem to be any major problems. No known...