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Old 06-06-2008, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Justout View Post
because of the recent rate adjustment which increased our mortgage by $350. Yes it loses $450/mo but that's only in the last 2 months, we tried to refinance but the 30yr fixed didn't make much of a difference in the monthly payment, I think it came in at $1340 instead of the current $1400, plus we'd have to pay closing costs to refinance.
My opinion remains the same. Unless you can change something to make the property break even (some combo of higher rent and lower expenses), you should sell it. A losing investment is a losing investment regardless of what circumstances conspired to get you into that situation.
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