Here’s a little real estate trick you may dig… a “Rent-Back”!

For the past few years, these creative arrangements have been used more and more. In essence, a rent-back agreement is a short-term rental agreement between a home seller and buyer that allows the seller to remain in the home for a period of time after the closing in exchange for rental payments.  Basically, the seller …

What the woof? Different mortgage rates and requirements for a second home vs. investment property. 

So, you've been thinking about buying another home where you’ll either have a place to go for vacations, or a place that’ll generate income and put more money in your pocket. Either way, the opportunity to own more than one property is an enviable position to be in, but how you classify that property makes …