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I just put two kids through college... University of Kansas... about $15k a year including room and board... $60k total for each of their degrees... And that's with sorority fees... Could be done for less. There should be a simple college admission test. "Are you willing to pay $200k for your ...

Well, if your goal is to own rental properties, as in multiple, and you already own one, I'd say keep it. The refi part... obviously dropping the the interest rate by more than 1% and saving that much in interest is a very good thing. Are you comfortable plopping down $22K though? There are refi pr...

If only these kinds of rates were available for investment properties... Nowhere have I seen any kind of offer like this where investment property refinances are eligible. I'd love for someone to prove me wrong.

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Current lender is Bank of America. I don't like the idea of paying points because I don't have a good idea of how many more years I will own the property, but maybe it's unavoidable. I might discuss with Wells Fargo and see what they say. Thank you for the recommendation. I suppose banks have good r...

We have used http://www.tsci.com in the past with pretty good results and quick turnaround. You can spend between $15 and $52 per tenant check depending on the amount of information you are looking for (whether or not to include a criminal background check, etc). They also have some free landlord fo...

Long time reader, first time poster (I think). I have a current mortgage on a condo that I once lived in, but is now a rental property. The condo would likely be appraised at about $120,000. The current balance on the loan is $86,000 (72% LTV) and the current interest rate is 4.75% for a 15 year ter...