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admin on December 24th, 2010

I’m looking to buy a condo in a building that is 37% commercially owned.   Because of this high commercial ownership, I cannot seem to get conventional loans (FHA, 30 yr fixed) as a lot of financial institutions consider this type of loan as risky (dunno why).   Can anybody recommend a lender / broker [...]

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admin on December 24th, 2010

do you have to keep an investment property 6 months before selling to avoid capital gains on the profit? by joanna8555 We are selling our $ 300,000 Pennsylvania home and are looking into how much it would cost us. When is money due to a realtor? Are there other costs affiliated with selling home? Is [...]

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admin on January 22nd, 2008

Hi my situation is this, my husband and I both retired, I’m 55 he is 60 years old.  For the past 20 years we could show an income of around 100,000 .   We have 401k and annuities until we can collect social security at 62.  I receive a pension of 560.00 per month.  our assets [...]

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