When should you refinance your mortgage? Is now the time since interest rates have finally fallen? Or will refinancing down to today’s rates not be worth it when, six months from now, interest rates could be substanti...
Mike Montanye
Buying Points Worth It?
Does it make sense to buy points as long as you plan to hold past the breakeven point?For an additional $1600 we can lower our monthly payment by $50. This would take 2.6yrs to get the $1600 back and we do plan to hol...
Alex Xu
Is this good time to purchase first rental? (First time buyer)
Hello guys! I'm looking to purchase my first rental property near Harrisburg, PA, sounds exciting, but I would love some guidance.
The good news are:
The interest rate is an all-time low; I can get pre-approva...
Eric H.
Anyone familiar with property taxes in the Cleveland area?
I'm currently looking to buy a house in the Cleveland area that has some massive cash flow potential but it seems the property taxes just dropped 45% this last year.
For the last 10 years or so the property taxes wer...
Jay Dean
3 finance options - Struggling to decide
My wife and I are under contract to buy a home. We plan to do a live in renovation with the intent of making it a rental (selling only as a plan B). The future plan includes buying another home, possibly fixing it u...
Aaron Ta
What's happening with Rental property interest rates right now ?
Hi
Despite the 50 basis point drop from the fed earlier this week, I noticed a few lenders mentioned the rental property rates went up because of the uncertainty with the corona virus and the stock market. Getting ...
Paul Sandhu
Have you raised your STR prices in the last 24 months?
I charge a flat rate per occupied bed in each STR. About 18 months ago I increased the rate by 25% across the board for every property. $200 went to $250. Have you changed your rates?
Bobby Douglass
Mortgage Insurance on a Fannie Mae Homestyle Loan
Hello All,My family and I recently purchased and renovated a house in Birmingham, Al using the Fannie Mae Homestyle loan. I have to say this is an amazing loan, and have been very pleased with how smoothly everything ...
Michael P. Lindekugel
Federal Funds rate how high will it go
how high will the Federal Reserve raise the federal funds rate? well, according to the Taylor Rule/Principal for monetary policy Volker and Greenspan monetary policy with inflation at 8.7%, then the federal funds rate...
Ryan Guffey
Primary cash out refi, HELOC, other first time investor options
I'm looking to start investing in the Kansas City area. I was looking to refinance my primary residence before I started looking at real estate. Now I'm looking for the best way to start investing, here are some of th...