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View reportLooking for my first properties. Value has drawn me to Harrisburg, PA. What am I missing on this one? No kid gloves required, please pick it apart.
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Hi, I’ve been learning for years about REI, have great equity on my home, decided to apply for a HELOC but before wanted to hear some advice about who offers the best product. I’ve read about BofAmerica as the best on...
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Hello, I’m under contract for my 3rd property, a REO. Its a financing and my lender wants an appraisal. Problem is, we are finding issues in the house. For one, the plumbing froze in a few spots and the lender wants t...
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Hey BP family, I’m hoping to get some advice because I’ve hit a bit of a roadblock with a refinance, and I’m not sure what my next steps should be. A couple of months ago, I purchased a property using a hard money ...
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Before people get in my DMs or up in arms about how important interest rates are please take a moment to read in its entirety to understand what I mean.As a mortgage broker and banker, I often hear that a client of mi...
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We're ran into our first BIG hiccup in real estate....We purchased a large SFH in the area for $185K and took a loan out for $235K (to use as construction loan for the reno) with seemingly lots of update potential to ...
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As much as I'd like to think I'm good at reaching out to my networking and staying up to date, I'm really bad at it. So I want a way that will remind me to stay in touch or reach out to an old connection to see how th...
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Has anyone had experience with Better Mortgage for lending and or using their realtors? I was preapproved by answering just a few questions on their website and with a soft credit pull (which has me a little sketched ...
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I am curious about what the coverage (and I've also seen an exposure column in P.M.I. charts as well) column denotes on this P.M.I. chart; can someone help me understand what's being referenced there?
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With all the various sources for a va home loan, how can I best determine up front which lender will be the least expensive overall--before I actually apply for one. They all claim to have the best rates.
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