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Through the Knot Hole – Navigating Current Financing Challenges

Financing investment properties today involves more time, procedures and patience than ever before.

For those who persevere, and are able to finance investment properties , 2011 will allow for some of the most attractive additions to their investment portfolio in recent years.

Loan Qualifications for an Investment Property

Considering an investment property purchase? What you need to know about qualifying for loans in the current lending environment.

Among the many requirements to qualify, an investor will need a high credit score and sufficient income to receive today’s best rates.

The Power of Leverage

Running through a basic exercise in leverage can quickly show the advantages that real estate offers versus traditional investments such as Bank CD’s, Stock and/or Bonds. Let’s say that you have $20,000 dollars to invest and are looking at buying either a property or a bank CD. For comparison sake lets say they both will give [...]

Financing your Property

Financing investment property became more difficult due to the sweeping changes adopted by the mortgage industry in the latter half of 2008.  Lenders acted to mitigate their risk and ensure they made very safe loans; as such, they made many changes to their lending guidelines.  As time progressed in 2009 and early 2010, the lending [...]