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Hi community,I am looking to get a HELOC or home equity loan. I most often hear about HELOC's so I think that's the best option since it's revolving, however, potentially more risky without the fixed rate.When it come...
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So I'm working on creative financing ideas to start acquiring properties without the ability to get conventional financing. The thing is all of the properties I want are under 100K. They aren't BRR's either. Pretty tu...
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Just looking for some advice. An offer has been accepted on my first rental house. Closing costs were much more than I was expecting (and what was originally quoted for me) on a fixed 30 year mortgage so now I am ex...
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Hi BP Members,I am in a not so common situation right now. I got into contract to buy an apartment in Contra Costa, County California around 26 days back. We got into contract as soon as the property came on the prope...
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1. I am very interested in investing in Fractional First Trust Deeds. I am based in Northern California.From the Internet, I signed up to receive fractional trust deeds offers, however, the interest rates they offer v...
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BACKGROUNDI'm an inactive investor following a big deal gone bad that hurt me in a significant way financially. I used two of my rental properties as collateral assignment for a big a big project with a hard money len...
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I was just curious if people use hard money for buy & holds?
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Purchased a $535k duplex at 7.125% & have the opportunity to refinance to $548k at 5.75%. Payment is $450 cheaper ($4400 PITI v $3990 PITI).
This is a house hack where the tenant is paying $2100 in Y1 with rent s...
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Just curious if anyone has found any success beginning their real estate endeavors around military installations such as Fort Hood?
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So I've been searching and haven't found much around the topic of assuming another person's mortgage. I have a friend who is moving and originally purchased his property with a Standard FHA loan. I'm attempting to a...