All Forum Posts by: Matthew McKee

 Hi Matthew

Yes sir, that is the goal! If you don't mind me asking, why exactly do you say the VA loan is a top financial tool?

As Lexey Vezzoso mentioned, some sort of house hacking would be a beneficial way to get started in REI. And I like that advice a lot. Is the VA loan a great tool because I can always refinance the property I bought with the VA loan and reuse?

Thanks for your time!

So, it looks like you have your answer...Sitting on their hands. Good and even Great deals are not a function of fear in the marketplace. I have heard that fear can be seen as an acronym. False. Evidence. Appearing. Real. Yes, interest rates are high and going higher as per the Feds own plan to quell inflation. Fear to me is opportunity calling. It's time to be creative. It's time to think, how can I make this work, not when will I be able to continue with my old way of doing things. It's a call to growth in business. After serving 6 years in the Air Force, I took a sales job I wasn't qualified to do. A new sales consultant was hired by the dealership to help take sales to a higher level. It was the beginning of winter and snow was killing sales. At our first sales meeting Barry, the consultant, started by saying that, "We all know that the weather, i.e., snow is going to kill sales, don't we? Everyone in the boardroom agreed shaking their heads in agreement. Barry, standing at the front of the room, immediately slammed his hands down on the conference room tabletop and said, NO! He said, that's what every sales team in town thinks! We are going to be successful because we have no competition! We are going to treat everyone like a buyer desperate to find a salesperson so they can buy a vehicle. I made three times my normal income in December of 1986 and was awarded Top Salesperson for the entire city of 500,000 people. Fear and lack of belief in a successful mindset creates a group I'm not interested in joining. My hands are working. Not supporting CMA. Additionally, Boise Idaho inventories are growing rapidly. I'm lease optioning and doing long and short-term tenant leases. My option is subject to the current market value when exercised in 36 to 60 months. I'm making cashflow until prices settle down and the exodus begins. The Locusts always go back, HOME! Like a dog returning to their vomit!

Hey Landen!

I think if you could get into a duplex of some sort where you could live in one side and rent out the other that may be a good start for you. Some sort of house hacking in general. 

I work with an agent who is Military and knows a ton about the VA loan and what it can offer you. I would reach out to @Matthew McKee and I'm sure he could help point you in the right direction. 

Good Luck!

-Lexey 

Hey all,

I'm just starting off my REI journey by househacking a duplex. The 2nd unit is rented out and now I'm trying to rent out one room on my side of the building. I've had someone with an emotional support animal (a dog) express interest and I know if this was a seperate rental, I can't deny them based on the ESA. However, since this is a room in my own house AND I have a cat, would that allow me to say an emotional support dog would be an "unreasonable request"? I've advertised as "no dogs" because of my cat.

I know that fair housing laws shouldn't apply in this sittuation, but I thought I'd see what others had to say. 

@Matthew McKee why should she specifically look for a new PMC?