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Condo purchased in November 2010 and occupied as primary residence as follows:
Purchase price 143K, current value 380K
Owner occupied = 3.6 years (November 2010 - June 2014)
Rented out = 4.7 years (July ...
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I have an offer for doing a commercial loan on my first multi property sixplex!
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