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Minimum down payment investment property
Buying an investment property is a substantial expense. Most new real estate investors finance their investments with conventional mortgages. And to get a mortgage, you need to make a down payment, a substantial expense itself. What is a down payment? It is an upfront...
IRA real estate investments
Despite what you might have heard, you can use an IRA to invest in real estate, but you have to be really careful. The IRS has strict rules you must follow when investing in real estate with an IRA. If you don’t follow them, you risk disqualifying your IRA and making...
Investment property mortgage refinance
When you’re a real estate investor, sometimes you don’t make as much profit from a new investment property as you would like. Your mortgage payments might be too high, and your loan term too long. Maybe you pay too much insurance, or maybe you need to fix something...
Guide to investment properties
To investors, few sensations are as exciting as closing a deal on a new investment property. They know that investing in real estate has numerous advantages over pooling money into traditional stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other securities. It’s one of the best...
