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Hi Memphis Fam,What are the key strategies to lower your investment loan in this market ? I got quoted ~7% and want to lower that at lease couple upcoming years.I am open to all ideas.Thanks,Orhi
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Friday July 12, 2024 - by Scott Brixley
Real Estate News in Brief
Rate cuts are definitely coming. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell sounded a bit more dovish in his testimony to Congress, and then the CPI inflation ...
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I talked to loan rep for an hour this week about using a HELOC on a rental property I own F&C only to find out later that day that they don't do that except for owner occupied homes. I am planning to call some oth...
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So I make $65,000-$70,000 a year. I owe $80,000 on my home which is now worth $460,000. My question is should I sell my home & by 2 with 1 small mortgage or use equity & buy one. I can get around $2,000 in ren...
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As the spring home shopping season heats up, buyers and sellers nationwide can expect very different experiences when it comes to negotiating power. Zillow took a look at recent data to determine markets where sell...
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Bigger Pockets forum, Happy Thanksgiving to you all. My rental home is coming up for lease renewal. Our tenants would have stayed there for a year by then. They have been good. They pay rent on time. I am able to wor...
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Need help and would love your feedback!I’m fairly new to real estate investing. I purchased 2 properties last fall and another this past week. I am under control on my 4th. My interest rates are all different:4.25% pu...
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Are there still some city/suburbs in Canada where you can cash-flow positive/breakeven as an investor in the condo/townhouse market?
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These new rates are killing cashflow potential in most areas I'm looking so been thinking about breaking away from conventional mortgages. Having never done interest only or ARMs what are the benefits to going this ro...
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So friend for 20 years has flipped a couple homes recently and knows I'm interested in the same calls me up. Wants to know if I would be interested in being his hard money lender for about 100k for his 3rd project. I ...