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It is my understanding that to qualify for a conventional mortgage, banks generally have a 28/36 DTI limit, where front-end value of 28% is based on PITI, and back-end value of 36% based on total revolving debt.
Firs...
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I have a recent applicant who is relocating to my local area for work. She does pass the qualifications for the most part but I see a few red flags. For one, she told me she doesn't have past landlords to use a refere...
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I have a friend who purchased a condo at the height of the market. Purchased for $70k and 6 yrs later has paid mortgage down to $63k. She has since gotten married and moved into her husband's house. She has tried to s...
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What are the best ways to house-hack in 2023 where generating positive cash flow is still possible? When I run calculations I'm finding that cash flow and sometimes even breaking even is hard in T1/T2 cities and their...
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I'm a new landlord renting out the single-family house I lived in when I lived in Ladson, South Carolina and I think I’m going to have a problem with a “Designated Occupant” coming up. I rented a room in the house to...
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An agent came to me with a possible deal in Reading, PA , it is a full gut project. with parts of the house needing a rebuild so, a architect will be involved. It's going for 50k last purchased for 25k. Seller is moti...
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Hi Guys, I'm having an issue with the basement unit tenant stackable washer/dryer overflowing into the bathtub drain. I had a contractor put in a washer dryer down there about two months ago, and it connects to the s...
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Hi namaste 🙏 to all ! Can you guys help me to make the best decisions please.....I currently have one primary house to live and one rental unit. Both of my property have 40-50% equity. The income from my unit breaks ...
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We have lease until May. Unfortunately we bought own house, so we need to break a lease.
We wrote about it to the landlord in the beginning of December. Landlord is looking for new tenants and we do our best to ...
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Searching for a home inspector for a single family home in Capitol Heights, MD. Ideally, someone who works (or has worked) with contractors and can provide me a break down of labor and material.Thoughts, suggestions...