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What a week! We had a huge downward revision to the BLS jobs growth figures, the Fed minutes explicitly said that a rate cut on Sept 18 was likely, and average mortgage rates moved below 6.5...

Does anyone have any experience to share with moving houses? I am considering purchasing a house worth a significant amount of money and moving it to another lot in a zip code nearby. Any words of wisdom?

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I think there is a pretty easy way to lower prices of housing to some extent.. And that is to do away with Mortgage Broker and have all home loans orignated by the direct lender/ Banks..
I personally bought a home i...

This is a monologue, but I'm interested to see reactions. I've been mulling over a number of high level things, and think that economic reality in 2022 is very different than people (media, left, right, etc.) perceive...

Hi everyone. I'm hoping you can help me find some good DSCR lenders and give me an idea of the going rates? I was quoted 9.75% for a DSCR on a rental property recently. Is that average? High? Low?! As I am shopping, w...

Hello everyone!I am looking to get started lending out of my IRA. I looked into note buying, and while I really liked the idea, it seemed like having good access to notes was key and I don't have that.Right now I'm at...

In November 2023, Fannie Mae introduced a new policy allowing owner-occupant loans on 2-4 family homes with just 5% down, a significant change from the previous requirement of a minimum 15% down payment. One might thi...

Hi BP Community,I've been consuming BP content over web and podcasts like candy for the past 12 months and wanted to finally (formally) intro myself.My name is Jason. I discovered BP in the fall of 2017 which removed ...

My husband and I are currently rehabbing a duplex in an up and coming neighborhood of Columbus, OH.  The plan is to househack for a year or two (live in one side, rent out the other).  We've finished renovating our si...