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Buying Investment Property

  I am considering buying an rehad investment property that is 1/3 of my annual income. I had also planned to buy my first home within the next 2 years.

How will this first mortage affect my ability to get a much larger second mortgage?
 
  If your investment property is yielding income, that will count toward qualifying for your next loan.  Your big problem might be financing the rehab in the first place -- lenders are tightening up and investment mortgages are more difficult to find these days.
    Edith
Originally published on July 24, 2008
 
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